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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/23/2017 4:47 PM, Maciej Suminski wrote:
> On 06/23/2017 08:41 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> On 6/23/2017 1:01 PM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> [snip]
>>> While discussing this topic, I suggest also removing unconnected nodes
>>> count and board bounding box, as they are also computed on the fly.
>>
>> I'm not sure the unconnected nodes count should go away.  I use this
>> quite often to make sure I have all of my nets routed before I run a
>> DRC.  I like the connection status information in the message panel.
>> I'm OK with not calculating the board board box on the fly if it's not
>> required for anything.
> 
> I might not have expressed my thoughts clearly - I meant they are saved
> in .kicad_pcb files the 'general' section, but it is not really
> necessary. They were even set to the loaded value (think
> board->SetUnconnectedNetCount(...)), but anyway it is overridden later
> when the connectivity algorithm runs.
> 
> I would definitely keep the unconnected nodes count in the application,
> but skip it when saving a file.

Thanks for the clarification.  I'm fine with the change if no one else
objects.

> 
> Cheers,
> Orson
> 
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