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Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 09:53:33 -0500
From: al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Gnucap and Google summer of code
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On Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:00:43 +0100 (CET)
Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org> wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Feb 2016, al davis wrote:
> > We have a start for the existing geda format, not complete, but already 
> > more than gnetlist does.  
> 
> What functionality exactly do you need which gnetlist doesn't provide?
> 
> Maybe it's worth adding it to gnetlist so other backends can benefit from 
> it, too.

Just looking at the spice netlisters:

Import, back-annotation.

Support for all symbols.



Looking beyond that, all that plus:

Verilog, VHDL completeness.

To/from other schematic formats (Kicad, Qucs).

Layout formats (PCB).

Nets as first class objects.