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[hauptmech <hauptmech@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can confirm unconnected wires. It may be worth noting that I did not 
preserve the -cache.lib file when I archived the design.

I also had an issue with an old asymmetric diode footprint having its 
anode and cathode reversed when I used it in a new design. If pin 
numbers in the library got swapped around, then now I know why.

For myself, I would much rather that the old library parts get loaded 
with my old design instead of trying to convert old parts to new parts. 
Is it unreasonable to do that? Load the design with the old parts and 
then do the rescue/migration rename? That way the old parts go into the 
-rescue.lib file unchanged except for a name modification. Including the 
old parts lib (perhaps concatenated into one file) does not seem too 
difficult.





On 24/11/17 10:09, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> I stand corrected.  I just looked and pin numbers are checked by
> position so swapped pins should get rescued.  What isn't rescued is pins
> that changed length which is a bit surprising since that would possibly
> leave unconnected wires.  I'm not sure why it was done this way but I
> guess I'll have to do some testing before the stable 5 release to see if
> it needs to be fixed.
>
> On 11/23/2017 11:12 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
> > Maybe I am mistaken then.
> >
> > 2017-11-23 13:21 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >
> >      On 11/22/2017 11:02 PM, hauptmech wrote:
> >      > When opening an old design I noticed that the C and R symbol pin nodes
> >      > changed position (I'm guessing other symbols as well), breaking the
> >      > schematic. Did the people who changed these symbols have a plan for
> >      > migrating old designs? Is the 'rescue' supposed to handle this?
> >      >
> >
> >      AFAIK, the rescuer does not handle this case.  I'm not even sure if it
> >      could.  That's something someone would have to take a look at.
> >
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