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Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 23:12:18 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] pcb file format
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> I think (DJ is the authority here) our current file architecture does
> not do ovals

We do round-ended rectangles (i.e. for tssop pads), square and round,
and octagons.

> > With this data format, one can define arbitrary footprints. No restrictions
> > like "no silkscreen polygons".
> 
> To be fair to DJ and the other authors those are not arbitrary. Folks
> just kind of coded themselves into a corner.

And we do have silkscreen polygons ;-)