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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

In 5.1, and in master to date, they’re stored in the project file.  There’s some ugly code in there which moves them to the board file when it’s opened.

> On 3 Jul 2019, at 19:38, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I do have one suggestion.  Rather than prefix all of the default
> settings with "default_", why not just create a default section and use
> tokens without the "default_" prefix.  It would be more organized and a
> bit less verbose.  It would also be a useful place to store other
> default settings.
> 
> On 7/3/2019 2:09 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Hi Seth,
>> 
>> We could; all this stuff is from 5.1.
> 
> How is it possible that it's in 5.1 and not in master?
> 
>> 
>> However, the file format has already changed, and it will change again for Jon’s changes.  So I don’t think it makes any material difference if we integrate this stuff, and it does clean up loose ends which I hate leaving lying around.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff.
>> 
>>> On 3 Jul 2019, at 18:46, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jeff-
>>> 
>>> Can we split out the DRC things?  I'm pretty sure that these are included in Jon's DRC rework, so it would be nice to avoid a temporary file format that we supersede shortly.
>>> 
>>> -S
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2019-07-03 06:23, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>> Please see
>>>> https://git.launchpad.net/~jeyjey/kicad/commit/?id=a2c2d9f5d9b37576ec72cd0d4c64652cfddeb8df
>>>> for board file changes for:
>>>> 1) min-hole-to-hole distance
>>>> 2) courtyard DRC flags (require courtyards and prohibit overlapping
>>>> courtyards)
>>>> 3) default layer line widths and text dimensions
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jeff.
>>>>> On 2 Jul 2019, at 16:58, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On 7/2/2019 11:11 AM, jp charras wrote:
>>>>> Le 02/07/2019 à 16:55, Jeff Young a écrit :
>>>>> I was testing 5.1 and noticed that it can no longer open 6.0 files.
>>>>> Was this accidental, or have we now diverged?
>>>>> (I ask only because I have a bunch of fixes waiting for file format
>>>>> changes which I could go ahead and make if we have officially
>>>>> diverged.)
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>> There is at least a change: "max_error" param in "setup" section.
>>>>> I have myself some other changes waiting in file format to support
>>>>> zones
>>>>> filled without outline thickness, and a support for board stackup
>>>>> info
>>>>> (for manufacturing purposes)
>>>> Since the board file format in the master branch is no longer
>>>> compatible
>>>> with the 5.1 branch, I don't see any issues with pushing file format
>>>> changes.  I only ask that before you push commits that affect the file
>>>> format, please post your changes so we can take a look at them so we
>>>> can
>>>> review the file format changes before we merge them.  Please be sure
>>>> to
>>>> keep the file version up to date correctly as you push your individual
>>>> changes to prevent any user issues.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Wayne
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