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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm fine with this going into 5.1 as long as we are not changing the
board file format which doesn't appear to be the case with these changes.

On 06/22/2018 10:28 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
> The dialog work started life as eradicating the g_UserUnit global
> variable so that the different apps wouldn’t fight over it.  It
> therefore includes most of the dialogs in Kicad.
> 
> They are all “clean” with respect to 5.1 with one exception: the new
> Board Setup paged dialog.  
> 
> It includes:
> 
>   * items that were historically stored in the config when they should
>     be in the board: diff pair widths and gaps, courtyard DRC flags
>   * items that weren’t stored at all: diff pair via gaps, default
>     italic-text and unlocked-text (now called “Keep Upright”)
>   * new features: hole-to-hole min, default text/graphic properties for
>     non-copper, non-silkscreen layers
> 
> 
> As of now they’re simply background-highlighted in yellow until we
> decide what to do with them:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Options would include:
> 
> 1) leave this dialog out of 5.1
> 2) modify the dialog to not include the yellow stuff
> 3) put them all in config and add a temporary disclaimer to the dialog
> indicating they aren’t board-specific
> 
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
> 
> 
>> On 22 Jun 2018, at 08:37, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> Nick,
>>
>> Thanks for taking care of this.  It was on my list.  There is one
>> caveat.  We will need to be diligent about what changes we allow into
>> 5.0.1 versus 5.1.0.  Please keep in mind that micro releases are bug fix
>> only so no string or feature changes.  Minor feature and string changes
>> will have to be pushed into 5.1.  Feature changes in 5.1 one are
>> expected to be minor in impact such as Jeff's configuration dialog work
>> or minor improvements to the field editor dialog.  Major features such
>> as the new file formats and converting eeschema over to gal are for v6.
>> This will force us to be diligent about keeping merges sets isolated so
>> they can be cherry picked into the appropriate v5 release.  Please do
>> not make changes that are slated for v5 with changes that are part of v6
>> or we will have an awful time back porting.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> On 06/22/2018 03:52 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>> Hello Seth
>>>
>>> I have created the following milestone names:
>>>
>>> 5.1.0
>>> This is for fixes that are backportable from master, it could be string
>>> fixes and minor features.
>>>
>>>
>>> 5.0.1
>>> Post release fixes that does not involve string changes.
>>>
>>>
>>> Att. Wayne, I would like you to say this is ok, or if we should use some
>>> other names.
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
>>> 2018-06-21 18:10 GMT+02:00 Seth Hillbrand <seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> <mailto:seth.hillbrand@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>>>
>>>    ​Hi Devs-
>>>
>>>    Can we get a v5.1 milestone on the bug tracker?  I'd like to start
>>>    separating the items we are planning for the point release from the
>>>    the v6 release.  That way we can begin to discuss which belong where.
>>>
>>>    It would probably be useful to also have a 5.0.1 milestone that we
>>>    can assign post-release bugs to that don't involve string changes.
>>>
>>>    ​Thanks-
>>>    S​
>>>
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