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diff --git a/sci-electronics/magic/metadata.xml b/sci-electronics/magic/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..986ee5244 --- /dev/null +++ b/sci-electronics/magic/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <herd>sci-electronics</herd> + <longdescription> + Magic is a venerable VLSI layout tool, written in the 1980's at Berkeley by + John Ousterhout, of Tcl fame. Due largely in part to its liberal Berkeley + open-source license, magic has remained popular with universities and small + companies. The open-source license has allowed VLSI engineers with a bent + toward programming to implement clever ideas and help magic stay abreast of + fabrication technology. However, it is the well thought-out core algorithms + which lend to magic the greatest part of its popularity. Magic is widely cited + as being the easiest tool to use for circuit layout, even for people who + ultimately rely on commercial tools for their product design flow. + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |