On 12/10/2018 8:57 AM, Eeli Kaikkonen wrote: > > > ma 10. jouluk. 2018 klo 15.10 Wayne Stambaugh (stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>) kirjoitti: > > > We should back this change out until v6. We have an unwritten policy > (although maybe I should write it down) about not changing file formats > during a stable release series. Boards designed with 5.1.x should > produce the same output as boards designed with 5.0.x. > > > Strictly speaking this wasn't a file format change, and maybe that's why > it went unnoticed. For compatibility also *interpretation* of the file > format should stay exactly the same. The same situation could have > happened with edge clearance. I tested it with 5.0 and HEAD and both > seem to give the same result now, i.e. the width of the Edge.Cuts line > affects the clearance. If I'm wrong it should be changed in development > HEAD. > > Eeli Kaikkonen >
Board output is not just the file format. Changing the output results (gerbers) of an unchanged board file is really dangerous in production environments. How are users expected to detect a subtle change like this? There is no way they would even be aware of the change unless they ran a diff on their gerber files. I am always going to error on the side of caution with theses kinds of changes. Cheers, Wayne _______________________________________________ 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
