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On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

> Are there really an problems with the current file format that's hampering development?

I think there are problems with the internal data model, which are in turn 
reflected in the file format. I believe the syntax of the current file 
format is flexible enough to follow changes in the data model.

The current data model makes it hard to implement some of the features 
popping up in these threads.