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

Jorg, this has already been fixed and merged :)

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 1:05 AM, Jörg Hermann <joerg.hermann@xxxxxx> wrote:

> The summary of this thread to me is:
>
> 1) Everybody is in favour of uniform, consistent measurement units, mm
> that is.
> 2) Everybody sees a long term benefit.
> 3) Everybody agrees V5 is disruptive due to library changes.
> 4) There seems to be consensus that only few users will be bitten by the
> 3D offset change.
>
> Wayne disapproves the introduction of a version number. While I see the
> benefit - data format is always crystal clear, it makes parsers more
> complex all the time. From a maintenance pov I agree with Wayne, not
> introducing a version number.
>
> One solution introduces a semantic change, where the presence or absence
> of keywords conveys information. While we remember the absence today,
> upcoming maintainers will curse at us for this decision in only a few month
> time.
>
> So my plea is: Because of 1 - 4 this is now the best time to introduce the
> 3D offset change!
> Else this will bite all up to V6!
> Please go forward!
>
> Jörg
>
>
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