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[Vesa Solonen <vsolonen@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Øyvind Aabling wrote:

> I know that I've been a bit quiet lately (been busy with other
> stuff :-), will try and find some more time for KiCad ...

I'll say take your time. There may be some things even more intersting 
than KiCad in life... ;)

> I can either keep the numbering as is (which could cause some
> confusion and some blown components, I think), or I could change
> the pin numbers to match eeschema - the question is: Are bridge
> devices special enough to warrant an out-of-order pin numbering ?
>
> I would vote yes, as these components (in contrast to lost of other
> component houses) are used for bridges only, but what do you guys think ?

If the package is not used elsewhere, I'd say yes too as a mid term 
solution. I'll try to avoid blowing too may, even thought there are plenty 
of free bridges available :) Thanks to you it's way easier to start.

> On another note, I've also been looking further into
> the problem that I've had with the KiCad 3D viewer on
> the new (3D-not-yet-supported) ATI gfx card at home.

Is the problem with just KiCad 3D viwewer? What card model?

> That was the bad news, but the good news is, that one of the things that
> has taken up my time lately is a switch from 32-bit to 64-bit Debian.

Memory limits should be far enough for somewhat larger boards...

> Now at 908 parts, 6729 lines of code.
>
> Øyvind.

Thank you.

-Vesa