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On Sep 3, 2015, at 4:50 PM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> 
>> but if gEDA is to call the Xorn netlister (e.g. for importing schematics), 
>> the projects need some way to communicate installation targets.
> 
> Don't forget the ton of documentation and random web pages that refer
> to "gnetlist" that will no longer be the "preferred way”.

In many cases there will be no need to change. Gnetlist remains fine for many purposes. It’s when you need to do trickier things that you may want Xorn. Those new things that we can’t do now will need new documentation, regardless.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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