Re: gEDA-dev: Last call for input on SOW for Linux Fund....

[John Doty <jpd-at-NOSPAMnoqsi_dot_com>]

On Dec 1, 2008, at 5:15 PM, al davis wrote:

> All I'm suggesting is using a netlist format, and augmenting it
> with info relevant to schematic and layout, while keeping it
> strictly as a netlist format, so you can do a round trip.


*Which* netlist format? They tend to be either:

1. Simple and specialized.

2. Complex and impenetrable.

Syndrome (2) is often accompanied by such a fog of hype and  
obfuscation that it's nearly impossible to figure out anything  
specific about what the format is or can *really* accomplish.

On the other hand, we already have in gEDA a simple, flexible,  
concrete, well-documented format for graphics, attributes, and  
netlist information: the schematic format. It can even represent pure  
netlists without actual graphics. Why not identify limitations of  
that format and enhance it?

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd@noqsi.com




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