On 12/9/2018 5:38 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote: > Am 2018-12-09 17:01, schrieb Eeli Kaikkonen: >> Recently I realized that the new "graphic polygon for edge outline >> feature", as great as it is, isn't compatible with 5.0. The 3D view >> can't handle it and it's filled in gerber. So, if someone makes a pcb >> file with nightly builds it's not necessarily compatible with 5.0. >> >> Is this allowed on purpose or is it an oversight? > > Hi Eeli- > > Hmm... That's a good point. My original thinking was that 5.0 allowed > drawing the polygon on edge cuts but it broke the things that you > mentioned, so fixing the outline seemed more useful than prohibiting the > layer. > > But you are right, this creates an issue where the board will work with > 5.1 and not with 5.0. I guess we should back that change out and > prohibit the layer until 6.0 unless there are other ideas. > > -S >
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. 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
