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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

AFAIK, I don't think we use them for anything so they could be removed
unless someone is using them in a Python script somewhere.  I doubt that
is the case.  You should check to make sure all the parsers don't choke
when there is no time stamp.  If any of them do, that would be an issue
because you would break the file format without actually adding a new
feature.

On 3/7/20 2:13 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> Should we just remove the timestamps from all the files?  What are they
> needed for?
> 
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:09 PM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     We could use the file modification time but that would be inconsistent
>     with our other files but don't have a strong preference one way or the
>     other.
> 
>     On 3/7/20 2:05 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
>     > We don't currently use the update timestamp for anything that I can
>     > see.  But even if we did, couldn't we just use the file modification
>     > time from the OS?
>     >
>     > On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:02 PM Wayne Stambaugh
>     <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
>     > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi Jon,
>     >
>     >     On 3/7/20 1:25 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
>     >     > I've started work on the new project system for V6.  One
>     question
>     >     that I
>     >     > wanted to cast a wide net on:
>     >     >
>     >     > Are there any real-world uses for the "update" and
>     "last_client" lines
>     >     > that are stored in the current project format?
>     >
>     >     The "last_client" setting can definitely be removed.  The
>     "update" entry
>     >     is the last time the file was saved.  Do we need to preserve
>     that for
>     >     any reason?  We do time stamp the schematic, board, and symbol
>     library
>     >     files.
>     >
>     >     >
>     >     > KiCad internally doesn't make any use of these, and they just
>     >     cause file
>     >     > churn.
>     >     > I want to remove the storage of this information unless
>     anyone points
>     >     > out a use-case that requires them.
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks,
>     >     > Jon
>     >     >
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