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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/13/2015 4:28 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> 2015-05-13 21:22 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> I'm not sure why swapped pins in the system libraries would be an issue
>> since the cached components should product the correct schematic.
>> Assuming the rescue library is properly fetching the components from the
>> cache library, I can't see how any changes in the system libraries would
>> cause this.  Unfortunately, did not make a back up of the cache library
>> of the schematic I rescued so there is no way to get back that
>> information.  I'll see if I have another project that causes the issue.
> 
> Don't be offended, but that is why I always reccomend people to keep
> their project versioned in their favorite VCS.

None taken.  This was just a throw away prototype board project that I
made to do some circuit evaluation.  The production version is safe and
secure on the server.  That's how I discovered that the zener diodes
were not being flagged as changed.

> 
>> On 5/13/2015 11:52 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>> I don't use the KiCad libraries usually, so I'm unaware - were the pin
>>> numbers swapped? If that's the case, I'm not sure of a way to handle
>>> that gracefully, as from the software's perspective, pin 1 is pin 1 is
>>> pin 1 - the fact that the cathode band is drawn elsewhere obviously
>>> doesn't factor into that, it's just a graphical change.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how I could handle that?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:45:38AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>> This is altogether possible as I have recently installed the latest
>>>> library changes.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/13/2015 11:37 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>>>>> Is it possible the problem is related to the recent diode pin swapping
>>>>> in KiCad library?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Orson
>>>>>
>>>>> On 05/13/2015 05:35 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Wayne,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's interesting. I can't really imagine what would cause that, and I
>>>>>> haven't seen anything like that - I've tested it on many projects that
>>>>>> should have stirred that bug up if it existed. Any chance you can share
>>>>>> with me the problem project?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:01:17AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>>>>> Chris,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just tested this and I like the changes.  I believe I found a
>>>>>>> bug.  I
>>>>>>> just rescued an old project and noticed all of the zener diodes were
>>>>>>> oriented 180 degrees from the unrescued version.  When you get a
>>>>>>> chance,
>>>>>>> would you please verify the component orientation against the rescued
>>>>>>> library is correct.  I'll commit this patch.  If you find a bug,
>>>>>>> please
>>>>>>> apply the patch against this patch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/4/2015 1:30 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>>>>>>> I've got two changes here - they're a bit inadvertently
>>>>>>>> intertwined, so
>>>>>>>> I left them as one patch, otherwise one would depend on the other
>>>>>>>> anyway. Let me know if you want me to discard half.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. Remove the summary dialog from lib-cache-rescue. I originally
>>>>>>>> created
>>>>>>>> it so the user would know what the new names of the components
>>>>>>>> were; I
>>>>>>>> compensated by changing the main dialog to display the suffix that
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> be added to the parts.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. Minor bugfix: If no parts are rescued, an empty rescue library
>>>>>>>> shouldn't be written.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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