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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If it isn't backwards compatible, I vote for changing the version.

Adam Wolf

On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm am almost ready to push the symbol library table code.  All I have
> left is to update the Eagle plugin, remove the current library
> management dialog, and clear the library entries from the project.  One
> thing that will change is that the schematic files will be incompatible
> with older versions of kicad due to the way symbol library links are
> mapped.  Technically the file format is not changing.  Only the library
> symbol link ( from SYMBOL_NAME to LIB_NICKNAME:SYMBOL_NAME ) is
> changing.  Older versions of KiCad will open the schematic but all of
> the symbol links will be broken.  I haven't bumped the schematic file
> version but I'm thinking I should.  Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
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