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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/5/2018 1:15 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> I believe embedded symbols is part of the file format / library format
> change heading.

It is part of the new schematic file format.

> 
> Back-annotation support in general is under the heading of "Pin and Part
> Swapping" in the roadmap, and it's a good idea to include re-annotating
> components as part of that.

That would be part of the back annotation process.

> 
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:devel@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>     On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:57 AM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>     <mailto:jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     Since my day job involves a lot of engineering
>>     planning/timelines/etc, I've had this rolling around in my head...
>>     I started brainstorming some proposed changes to the roadmaps.
>>
>>     I am using Google drive because that's what is easiest for me to
>>     play with; I'm happy to send patches against the official roadmaps
>>     if get some buy-in for this.
>>
>>     Feel free to comment (either directly on the doc or by email) with
>>     thoughts on this.
>>
>>     https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpxqvxLv497cyfk8KTQijhySSpFxF7ooTtcT_HU86kw/edit#
>>     <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpxqvxLv497cyfk8KTQijhySSpFxF7ooTtcT_HU86kw/edit#>
>>
>>     Basically what I am proposing is to put most of the energy into
>>     Eeschema for 6.0, with changes to other parts of the software
>>     basically being "whatever people have time left over for". 
>>     Everything else has been bumped to 7.0
> 
>     I’m not sure where it fits into the roadmap, but the main EESchema
>     feature I’d like to see implemented is the embedding of schematic
>     symbols into the schematic sheet, in the same way that footprints
>     are part of the kicad_pcb file.
> 
>     Also the whole idea of renumbering the reference designators in a
>     layout to be geographical, and then backannotating the designators
>     to the schematic. (A guy can dream ..)
>     -a
> 
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