Le 05/04/2018 à 18:41, Nick Østergaard a écrit : > This is a complicated topic. But I guess we can clutter the config dir as > much as we want with > version folders. Usually the user should not have the need to look here. I > guess you are correct, > that most of the "non-issue" is because the fp-lib-table was only introduced > in v4 and has not had a > new syntax introduced that is not read by a previous stable.
In V5 we can disable some libraries. Disabled libraries is not supported by V4 > > 2018-04-05 18:25 GMT+02:00 Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbr...@gmail.com > <mailto:seth.hillbr...@gmail.com>>: > > If we are going to support multiple versions, on the developer side, we > should add a preference > versioning to the user configuration directory. Otherwise, fp-lib-table > will being either > pointing to v4 or v5 footprints. Likewise, there are a few preferences > that only exist in v5 > and will be lost when v4 saves the preference file. > > To avoid cluttering the config directory, we could place the v5 > configurations in a v5 sub > directory. Configurations would be preferentially loaded from the v5 > directory with a fall-back > to the v4 items if v5 items were not found. Configurations would only be > saved to the v5 subdir. > > If we want to support this, we should insert this code before rc2. > Thoughts? > > -S > > 2018-04-04 22:24 GMT-07:00 Strontium <strnty...@gmail.com > <mailto:strnty...@gmail.com>>: > > On 04/04/18 18:52, Jean-Samuel Reynaud wrote: > > So my questions are: > - Is it usefull ? > > > Having both versions be able to be installed side by side is > immensely valuable for an end > user, and the development of kicad, in my opinion. > > The users can "USE" the stable version for their work. They can also > test the Nightly and > not worry about it messing with their work. It should mean that > general users have a better > chance to test the new version as it evolves, and they will feel more > involved, even if that > involvement is only posting bugs. They don't have to choose between > being on the bleeding > edge, and being productive. > > It would be equally useful (maybe even more useful) to have kicad V4 > and V5 installed > simultaneously as well. > > Steven > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/%7Ekicad-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 > -- Jean-Pierre CHARRAS _______________________________________________ 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
