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[Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2018-11-07 7:55 a.m., Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > Am 2018-11-06 16:41, schrieb Rene Pöschl:
> > > Sadly we did not come around to fix all symbols before the v5 release.
[snip]>> Do we need to do this during 5.1?  Or can it simply be done in the v6
> > branch of the libraries?
> >
> > If we need to do this during 5.1, I guess I'd prefer option 2 for right
> > now as that is minimally disruptive.
>
> I agree.  If we push this off to v6 then options 1 and 3 are in play.  I
> would probably lean towards option 1 to avoid having multiple libraries
> with essentially the same symbols.  The rescue feature should catch any
> pin changes although we may want to test a symbol or two before we make
> the changes to the library.

When I first read the options I was thinking that option 3 might be the best 
option long term.

How will not hiding pins affect IC's with multiple parts (e.g. a 7400)? Will 
each part have the power and ground pins?

If hidden power pins was supposed to have helped with auto-connection of 
power rails it seems it only worked with power rails with the same type. I 
have a schematic where I have had to manually tie VDD, VCC, and +5V together 
and also tied VSS and GND together.

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