I think the master branch already has enough new features to make its output incompatible with v4. 'Offset' approach seems the easiest and cleanest solution IMHO.
Cheers, Orson On 11/22/2017 11:16 PM, Oliver Walters wrote: > I understand this will break "forwards compatibility" if opening a v5 file > from v4. Sometimes such changes are unavoidable. > > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 8:44 AM, easyw <ea...@katamail.com> wrote: > >> This option is in fact a smooth transition for footprints... >> but it will break the readability of new boards by previous release of >> kicad... no way back to previous releases, even to be just read... >> Which is better then? >> Library stuff are quite delicate to be touched IMO... >> >> On 11/22/2017 10:23 PM, Oliver Walters wrote: >> >>> Wayne I still have an issue with silently breaking files. Using an >>> "offset" parameter (but reading "at" for compatibility) does not break >>> anyone's models and there is absolutely no confusion about which is mm and >>> which is inches. Incidentally I think "offset" is a better name, it implies >>> relative position rather than absolute (but that's neither here nor there). >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Marcos Chaparro <nitrous...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:nitrous...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Wayne Stambaugh >>> <stambau...@gmail.com <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Yes, it is a change that will break some users 3D models >>> but I think the long term benefit outweighs the short term >>> annoyance. >>> >>> >>> It will break most of my boards. I won't complain because I >>> appreciate the effort and I welcome *every* improvement, but be >>> prepared for some very rough comments out there. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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