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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/30/2015 2:50 AM, jp charras wrote:
> Le 30/09/2015 01:25, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> JP,
>>
>> Your name is on the initial commit for qfn_wizard.py.  I don't have time
>> to figure out these patches should be included.  Do these patches make
>> sense?  Let me know so I can make a decision on whether or not to commit
>> them.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
> 
> These patches make sense, I used them to fix bugs in our footprint
> wizard dialog issues, and issues in some pythons scripts (mainly usage
> of print command which created python exceptions when stdout was never
> read, especially on Windows).
> 
> But do not commit them. Reasons:
> - I am thinking the wizard to create a QFN should be an other wizard
> than the QFN wizard.
> The thermal pad needs many parameters, useless for a QFN without thermal
> pad.
> - The wizard to create a QFN with thermal pad needs refinements, before
> being committed
> 
> I'll have a look at that later.
> 

Thanks for the update.  I will not commit these patches.  I leave this
up to you to sort out.