Comment 14 for bug 1752150

Hi Brian,

I think your feature is a good idea and it would be great if you got involved in KiCad development. We are just now thinking about the roadmap for V6.0 and beyond, since 5.0 is so close to release.

Back-annotation including geographic refdes updating was already proposed as a thing that we want to have in the future (but I don't think anyone other than you has worked on it). It might be good for you to talk with Orson and Tom about your plans and coordinate, since I think they have thought about it some already, and back-annotation covers a number of features (like pin/part swapping) in addition to updating refdes based on location on the board.

Feel free to reach out to me by email or on the forums (username craftyjon) if you want tips as you get involved with modifying the KiCad code.