Remove klayout build step and dependency?

[oharboe]

I understand that for normal usage, the OpenROAD GUI has taken the place of klayout.

Is there a reason to keep klayout build step as part of the normal flow?

Perhaps klayout can be removed as a default step and removed as a mandatory dependency?

[rovinski]

KLayout is still used for GDS generation, which is the endpoint for any tapeout flow. If you want to stop before GDS generation, you can make $(RESULTS_DIR)/6_final.def and then KLayout won't be invoked.

[oharboe]

Ah, I see. I thought klayout was only a GUI to inspect layout.