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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 2018-12-09 17:01, schrieb Eeli Kaikkonen:
> Recently I realized that the new "graphic polygon for edge outline
> feature", as great as it is, isn't compatible with 5.0. The 3D view
> can't handle it and it's filled in gerber. So, if someone makes a pcb
> file with nightly builds it's not necessarily compatible with 5.0.
>
> Is this allowed on purpose or is it an oversight?

Hi Eeli-

Hmm... That's a good point.  My original thinking was that 5.0 allowed 
drawing the polygon on edge cuts but it broke the things that you 
mentioned, so fixing the outline seemed more useful than prohibiting the 
layer.

But you are right, this creates an issue where the board will work with 
5.1 and not with 5.0.  I guess we should back that change out and 
prohibit the layer until 6.0 unless there are other ideas.

-S