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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

I think the master branch already has enough new features to make its
output incompatible with v4. 'Offset' approach seems the easiest and
cleanest solution IMHO.

Cheers,
Orson

On 11/22/2017 11:16 PM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> 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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