I’ve been using 6.0 for boards. Just completed 5 of them. I’m not even using git with them. (But that’s because I’m an idiot. I’m also currently in the middle of re-ripping 500 CDs because I didn’t back up my music server either.)
Cheers, Jeff. > On 5 Feb 2020, at 16:36, Seth Hillbrand <s...@kipro-pcb.com> wrote: > > On 2020-02-05 09:30, Brian wrote: >> Hello friends, >> I've talked about my ODBC back-end for symbol and footprint libraries >> a few times. I originally developed it on an early 5.something, and >> parts of it got broken with the latest 5.x. I haven't been doing a >> lot of EDA work, so it hasn't been a priority to fix, but I'm gearing >> up for some new designs and figured it's time to tackle it again. >> So my question: If I want a stable, reliably-usable KiCad environment >> to do actual EDA work in, should I be basing my ODBC mods on the >> latest 5.x or 6? If I do base it on 5.x, will that be wasted effort >> when 6 becomes more "stable"? >> Also related, a while back there was some talk about developing an >> actual dynamic-load plug-in system for KiCad. I had indicated some >> interest in contributing to that goal, but my own minor efforts >> definitely died on the vine. Has anything come of that? Are there >> any design documents folks have put together? >> Cheers, >> -Brian > > Hi Brian- > > All work should be based on v6. No features will be added to v5. v6 has > changed sufficiently that any work based on v5 will likely be lost when v6 is > released. > > v6 is unstable. That said, I produce regular boards using it and I know of a > few others who do the same. If you do this, get into the habit of using git > to check in your work regularly. This will limit the potential loss in the > event of bugs. > > There is no dynamic loading system planned beyond what exists now. There > will be a new Python-based plugin system in v6. > > Seth Hillbrand > KiCad Services Corporation > https://www.kipro-pcb.com > +1 530 302 5483 | +1 212 603 9372 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
