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> > It could be a lot easier to add copper spacing rules in the
> > schematic. I guess attaching spacing attribute to nets possible
> > refering to a specific category for example "InverterOutputVoltage"
> > may solve it in the schematic but it must also be transferred to the
> > layout.
> 
> ...
> 
> I'm not denigrating the usefulness of being able to put arbitrary text
> anywhere; we added that to pcb (somewhat) as well.  But don't think
> that being able to add a chunk of text is the same as doing something
> useful with that text.

Even though you have to remember attributes and values yourself it is not just arbitrary text. For already defined attributes it would have been nice with a list to choose from and for each attribute a list of predefined values to chose from where appropriate.

Possibility to add arbitrary attributes make extensions possible without changing gschem so even if a list is added it make sense.