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From: "karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] file format cooperation
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Comments: In-reply-to Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org>
   message dated "Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:49:05 +0200."
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Roland:
> On Sun, 11 Jul 2021, karl AT aspodata DOT se [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > The semantics of the sym/sch files has diverged a little between geda 
> > and lepton.
...
> > So what do the geda and lepton people say about trying to continously
> > agree about the semantics of sch and sym files ?
> 
> I think that's difficult.  lepton-netlist already diverges so far from 
> gnetlist that you can't expect to get a consistent result.  Unless there 
> is some effort to adhere to a common testsuite, I don't think this is 
> going to be successful.
...

I'm sorry to hear that, that means that the two project would continue
to drift apart till you're locked in either on of them and you cannot
share files between them. Maybe I should start a third variant to show
how unfortunate that is.

Regards,
/Karl Hammar