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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:05:52 -0500
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On 07/13/2015 03:10 PM, Dave McGuire (mcguire AT neurotica DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>    Yes it has come a long way, which is great, but I think a bounty for
> certain bugs or certain features might still be a good idea.  I myself
> know I'd toss a few bucks in someone's direction for the implementation
> of some stuff useful in the microwave world, like


design aids for
> controlled-impedance traces.
>
>    Another very useful thing I'd pay for would be the inclusion of an
> attribute in gschem which tells PCB "this net needs to be 20mils" and
> have PCB automatically handle that.


Really good concrete goals, Dave.  They are quick to state, but include
much function so whoever is coding can keep checking as they go whether an idea of implementation
satisfies the overall system goal or not.

These two have simple overall needs -- that can be handled by attributes in gschem/gnetlist
and adding a way to tag drawing objects with attribs in PCB.