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Re: file version compatibility (optional tokens in s-expression files)

 

2015-01-13 19:36 GMT+01:00 Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 07:20:42PM +0100, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
>> The problem is that adding any new token to the file format causes all
>> precedent versions of pcbnew to drop an error attempting to load the
>> file. I would propose two solutions to overcome this:
>
> AFAIK the current policy in kicad is simply to force to upgrade :D

Which is bad, if we want to distribute stable releases and some OS do
not update straight away.

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