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> I and many others use gschem and pcb files in version control of
> some sort. The text file format is a huge bonus for us. Any zip type
> compression to package a file is a bad move as it breaks version
> control. I also love being able to hack at the PCB file in a text
> editor...

I would assume that a "pcb file" could be just the text file (no
binaries attached), or a zip file (for distribution or archiving), or
a plain directory that represents the zip file (text files and
binaries as separate files).