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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Currently, we use a # in a component's reference to specify that it 
should be excluded from netlist and BOM (typically used for power 
symbols). It's been brought up on IRC a few times, and I've wanted it 
myself, that we could handle this a bit more "properly" and flexibly. It 
could be useful for other things besides power symbols, like IC sockets 
(which don't have a separate footprint, but one might want them to show 
up in the schematic and on the BOM).

For the upcoming new eeschema format, what about, instead of a magic 
character in the reference, we add actual attributes for this? 
in_netlist and in_bom perhaps.

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Chris