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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 2019-03-01 01:28, schrieb cedric.dewijs@xxxxxxxxxx:
> How does an earlier version of Kicad handles a file that has been
> created by a newer version of Kicad?

It doesn't.  And it can't between major releases (e.g. 4-5, 5-6)

> Altium opens files that have been created by a newer version, and
> warns the user. I use an older version of Altium than my co worker and
> so far we did not have issues yet. I can copy and paste from his
> designs to my designs without problems.

I don't anticipate anyone wanting to support this kind of behavior in 
KiCad.  Altium has separate departments for developers and technical 
support.  We don't.

> My main motivation to let the user continue to use older version of
> the file format in newer versions of Kicad is to prevent the forced
> upgrade path that all the commercial vendors use. This boils down to
> the question: Do we want to force the entire team to upgrade to a the
> same version of Kicad if they collectively work on the same files?

We don't have the person-hours to provide support for multiple versions. 
 We don't force people to upgrade but we also don't have enough time in 
the day to deal with the extra problems that come from the kind of 
teamwork you are describing.

-Seth