Also reporter at https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1831705
On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 14:36, Eeli Kaikkonen <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was just found out > (https://forum.kicad.info/t/bug-align-to-right-left-does-the-same-thing-on-bottom-side/17149/9) > that commit 6bcf1839b7a6 added max_error which causes board to be > incompatible between nightlies and 5.1. It's of course inevitable at some > point, but I have asked earlier that developers would explicitly tell here or > in the forum when that happens and how (I read the list but don't remember > seeing a clear warning). > > It may be important to know; for example I can use nightlies at work but must > be careful so that I can continue with stable if nightlies don't work. > > For this specific problem there would be several possible solutions (at least > in my opinion) which would make the file format readable by 5.1.x, supposing > that otherwise the board files can still be read and edited. > > 1. Write the key/value to the file only if it's something else than the > default (i.e. changed explicitly). This was the case with hatched zone fills. > 2. Add the keyword to a bugfix release of 5.1 so that it can be ignored > (again, supposing that it can be ignored at all). It would help if someone > uses 5.1 nightlies or later the stable release. > 3. Create some generic system by which KiCad can ignore some future keywords > which aren't necessary to interpret. > > But over all I would ask information about incompatibilities. Thanks. > > Eeli Kaikkonen > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
