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[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is that you can't make old kicad read the new format, unless a
patch gets backported.

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:19 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark <
kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Could we not support reading both formats, but only write one format?
>
> - Kristoffer
>
>
> On 2017-07-10 09:36, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
>
>> I think there is a lot of code that assumes consecutive net numbering.
>> Instead, we could simply save net names instead of net numbers and let
>> KiCad use net codes as convenient. One significant problem is it would
>> cause the .kicad_pcb file format change, making it completely unreadable
>> by the current stable.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> On 07/01/2017 04:49 AM, hauptmech wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> We have a fairly complex board that needs to be done yesterday. We've
>>> been experimenting with simultaneous editing of the pcb with moderate
>>> success.
>>>
>>> We are using git. Each person works in a different area of the board,
>>> and we merge the results periodically.
>>>
>>> Because of the time crunch, we are only focusing on what works in this
>>> process, and staying away from edits that do not work. Moving footprints
>>> and laying tracks works fine.
>>>
>>> A couple things I've noticed that could improve things:
>>>
>>> net indexes of nets are not stable. Maybe eeschema/netlist.cpp:369
>>> Maybe we could wait until we get close to running out of integers before
>>> we do this?
>>>
>>> module order gets changed in some edits (Not sure but probably "fix
>>> module file details and update modules in pcb" type edits). Ordering
>>> modules by reference would fix this.
>>>
>>>
>>> We are getting enough benefit that we'll keep refining the technique.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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