2018-02-22 23:05 GMT+02:00 Tiger12506 <tiger12...@gmail.com>: > I agree 100% on separate file. As someone who puts kicad files in git, the > most irritating thing in the world is having unrelated changes in your > diff. Separate file gives you the flexibility to have either situation -- > if you want the vcs to track it, you include the file, if you don't, your > vcs ignores the file. It's unfortunate that there are already UI states in > any of the files that represent a design. > > Cheers. :) > > I agree, too. As a both end user and someone who has studied usability I know the current situation creates unnecessary cognitive and emotinal stress for the end user. Many times a user can't be sure or can't remember what he/she actually did or if he did something by accident. Seeing the message that something was changed is disturbing because you can't know what happened and what will be saved. If the non-design-related data would be in a separate file it wouldn't even have to be asked about IMO because it's safe to save always, it's not critical data in any way.
But about the compatibility between versions - what kind of compatibility would be needed? I just tried deleting the layers section from a board file. Pcbnew opened it happily. So, let's suppose v5.1 is released later with this change in file format: extra data is not stored in the kicad_pcb file but in another file. If the project is created with 5.1 then 5.0 can read it, it just doesn't restore the layer visibility. How serious would that be? If the project was created with 5.0, then 5.1 could also handle it (if the code which reads the file wasn't changed). It could either save the data in the compatible way or take it off from the design file and move it to the other file. How KiCad reacts to removing other non-design data from the file, I don't know. Eeli Kaikkonen
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