| ID: | 4739 |
| From: | rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Wed, 3 Feb 2021 05:54:18 +0100 (CET) |
| Subject: | [pcb-rnd] [lht8] lihata board v8 upgrade |
Hi pcb-rnd users, I'm starting a long planned upgrade of our native file format (lihata board), from v7 to v8. I am not yet sure how long this would take, there are multiple features to add, but I plan we will have v8 released as stable/default file format this year. (v7 will be about a year old by the time we can start using v8 in production) Unlike pervious file format upgrades, this one will take more time, because there are some real hard parts, like finally switching over from diameter/clearance specified via in routing style to padstack prototype specified via. For now, you can save and load v8 boarsd only if you enable a brave option. Any testing is welcome, but pelase DO NOT use v8 in production until the brave mode is removed. This is because developmebt of v8 will span a longer period and during that time there's no guarantee a v8 saved with one version of pcb-rnd will properly load with another version of pcb-rnd. Once it stabilizes, I will remove the brave mode protection, then we can test it in production for some time then I will make it the default/preferred file format version. I will send feature announcement posts here prefixed with [lht8] about new features which requires lihata v8. It's good if you know about these new features, even better if you test them and report bugs, but you also need to know you can start using them in production only when v8 is stable because that's how we can save them in a board file. Best regards, Igor2
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