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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Got it.  I merged your patch.  Thanks!

On 12/20/2017 11:36 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Hi All-
> 
> West Coast time here, so takes a bit longer to see these chains.
> 
> This wasn't to add a new feature.  This was to support the existing
> feature documented
> at http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/stable/en/eeschema.html#global-connections-between-buses
> 
> -S
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:19 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Thanks for the update.  I will defer this until the version 6
>     development is opened.
> 
>     On 12/20/2017 11:03 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
>     > For V5, the color issue would have to be resolved in a different way
>     > than I was proposing, since the connectivity information won't be there.
>     >
>     > I think it might be best to hold off on this patch until after V6
>     > development is open since it is not a major bug fix and it would be
>     > prudent to do a fair amount of testing that this doesn't impact netlisting.
>     >
>     > -Jon
>     >
>     > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 10:24 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     What is the probability that this breaks any existing schematics and how
>     >     soon could the color issue be resolved?  If the risk of breaking
>     >     existing schematics is very low and the color issue can be resolved
>     >     reasonably soon, then I would consider merging for the stable 5 version.
>     >      Otherwise, we should hold off until the we open version 6 for
>     >     development.
>     >
>     >     Cheers,
>     >
>     >     Wayne
>     >
>     >     On 12/20/2017 8:34 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
>     >     > This patch is essential for my connectivity work (but that's not a V5
>     >     > thing...)
>     >     > It would be quite easy for me to implement the color thing as part of
>     >     > the connectivity changes (since the junction would be able to know if it
>     >     > was connected to buses or not)
>     >     >
>     >     > -Jon
>     >     >
>     >     > On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:18 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>
>     >     > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     Seth,
>     >     >
>     >     >     Technically this is a new feature since KiCad has never
>     used junction
>     >     >     indicators on buses in the past so I'm hesitant to merge
>     this for
>     >     >     version 5.  I do like the dragging of buses that this
>     patch provides.
>     >     >     I'm also thinking that the bus junction color should be
>     the same color
>     >     >     as the bus color rather than the wire color but that may
>     be difficult
>     >     >     given our coloring scheme for schematic objects.  Does
>     anyone else have
>     >     >     any opinions on this patch?
>     >     >
>     >     >     Cheers,
>     >     >
>     >     >     Wayne
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 12/14/2017 6:24 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
>     >     >     > ​The attached patch ​adds junction management to buses
>     in addition
>     >     >     to wires.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Of note, this also adds buses to the draggable
>     junctions collection. 
>     >     >     > Now that junctions are managed internally, it makes
>     sense to allow any
>     >     >     > collection with a junction to allow draggable junctions.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > -Seth
>     >     >     >
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