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> Where is the canonical git repo these day?  It's been a while since I've 
> looked at it.

git.geda-project.org

> Shouldn't it block traces?  Isn't that the point of clearance?
> Although I guess if you set thickness to zero to try to create a
> gang mask it would be annoying if it blocked traces.

Polygon clearance can be larger than the line space rule, too.

> Conceptually, it seems like a "zero width pad" solves a couple of 
> long-standing annoyances. It could be used to clean up the kind of 
> clearance issue I'm having here, and it could also create gang masks.  
> If people agreed, I could see a couple of approaches...

The "Right" way is to have a separate layer for extra clearance, but
pcb isn't designed to handle that.