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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

This bug is annoying but not terribly important.  There is also bug in
one of the footprint editor dialogs that also needs fixed so we might as
well queue a few bug fixes up for a 5.0.1 release in a few weeks and get
the 5.0.0 release out on time.

On 7/16/2018 3:10 PM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> Should we just tag v5.0.1 right now then and ignore 5.0.0?
> 
> Is there any reason not to do that?
> 
> Am Mo., 16. Juli 2018 um 11:55 Uhr schrieb Wayne Stambaugh
> <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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/
>     >
> 
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