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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/23/2015 1:16 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 01:07:33PM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> On 3/23/2015 12:12 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>> I like your idea - I proposed it myself, but it was not well received ;)
>>> [[snip]]
>>
>> Please see the discussion here on why this will not work.
>>
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1435338
>>
>> I see no point in replacing one bug with another bug that doesn't fix
>> the underlying problem.
> 
> Haha, just kidding, I know :)
> 
>> Rather than just copy the cache file, rename all of the footprints in
>> the copied library with a prefix or suffix, i.e. 74LS00 in the cache
>> becomes 74LS00_SCH in the new library.  Then rename all the components
>> in the schematic accordingly if the user chooses the new library option.
>> This way there will be little chance of conflicting component names and
>> the library search order is less likely to be an issue.  This gives you
>> the best of both worlds.  You keep your existing components in the
>> schematic and you can still use the updated components from the your
>> libraries if you so choose.  Obviously this still wont fix the library
>> search ordering issue but it would be a more robust solution.
> 
> Actually, I quite like this idea.

I know it's more work but it solves the component name clash issues and
the user will still be able to use their normal libraries.

> 
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