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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

I understand this will break "forwards compatibility" if opening a v5 file
from v4. Sometimes such changes are unavoidable.

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 8:44 AM, easyw <easyw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This option is in fact a smooth transition for footprints...
> but it will break the readability of new boards by previous release of
> kicad... no way back to previous releases, even to be just read...
> Which is better then?
> Library stuff are quite delicate to be touched IMO...
>
> On 11/22/2017 10:23 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>
>> Wayne I still have an issue with silently breaking files. Using an
>> "offset" parameter (but reading "at" for compatibility) does not break
>> anyone's models and there is absolutely no confusion about which is mm and
>> which is inches. Incidentally I think "offset" is a better name, it implies
>> relative position rather than absolute (but that's neither here nor there).
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Marcos Chaparro <nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:nitrousnrg@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 11:59 AM, Wayne Stambaugh
>>     <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>         Yes, it is a change that will break some users 3D models
>>         but I think the long term benefit outweighs the short term
>>         annoyance.
>>
>>
>>     It will break most of my boards. I won't complain because I
>>     appreciate the effort and I welcome *every* improvement, but be
>>     prepared for some very rough comments out there.
>>
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