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From: John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com>
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On Sep 27, 2016, at 10:14 AM, Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016, John Doty wrote:
>> On Sep 27, 2016, at 8:56 AM, Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org> wrote:
>>> The command-line interface of "xorn netlist" is different from =
gnetlist in that it doesn't execute the configuration files and doesn't =
assume any default directories. [=85]
>>=20
>> So, in fact, xorn netlist is profoundly incompatible with gnetlist. =
That means to me that they should remain separate programs. I don=92t =
understand why you resist this.
>=20
> This is nonsense.  As part of the refactoring process, I separated the =
configuration mechanism (which needs to know about gEDA directories and =
executes Guile files) from the actual netlist generation.  All necessary =
options are internally passed to the netlister via the command line.

This violates KISS. An unnecessary wrapper. One more thing to go wrong. =
Please, no wrapper. Keep the old gnetlist as a standalone.

>=20
> "xorn netlist" has a different command-line interface from gnetlist =
because it's not functionally equivalent; it's lacking the configuration =
part.  "xorn netlist" plus gnetlist2, OTOH, is, so it can have and has =
the same command-line interface as gnetlist.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
jpd AT noqsi DOT com



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