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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Carsten,

On 7/16/2018 2:46 PM, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> Hello Wayne,
> 
> Am 16.07.18 um 20:20 schrieb Wayne Stambaugh:
>> There is a fix for a bug[1] that I thought we had taken care that
>> slipped through the cracks.  This really should have been fixed as part
>> of the v5 release.  If there are no objections, I'm going to revert the
>> v5 tags and version string and add this patch to v5.  Until then, please
>> do not merge anything into the development, 5.0, or 5.1 branches.
>>
>> Jeff, unfortunately this will mean that I will have to overwrite your
>> 5.1 merge work so all of the branches are the same.  I don't think this
>> will be a major issue other than the hassle of having to merge your work
>> again.
>>
>> Sorry about the disruption.
> 
> please don't do that, such things are a no go. Just do a new version tag
> like 5.0.1. No serious OSS project does such things you are asking about.

I've never claimed that KiCad was a serious project ;)

> 
> You don't want to force other people to do work again once there is a
> tagged version!

That's why I asked.  If other folks are already doing work based on the
current 5.0.0 tag, then I will leave it as is and make this patch part
of the 5.0.1 release.

> 
> Once a version is out, well it's out! And he, what's the problem with a
> new micro/patch version, they are exactly made for such reasons.
> 
> https://semver.org/
>