Re: gEDA: PCB HID status

[DJ Delorie <dj-at-NOSPAMdelorie_dot_com>]

> My board house has complained about the way that my files have the
> silk removed from pins and pads.  (20050609) They said my gerbers
> had a 'negative space' call to get the pads cleared of silk
> information.  They dumped my project into hold because of this.
> (something to be aware of).

Yeah, we talked about this before.  We have two options:

1. Take out the clears and rely on DRC to warn of silk over pins/pads.

2. Fight back.

Anyway, we should probably keep track of which fabs have problems with
this, even if only to see if it's a bad idea to implement it.