is there anywhere that lists the changes from 2009-02-16 version to 2010-02-28RC5 version? I've looked, but can't find it.
Nick. --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "dickelbeck" <d...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Stanley Allen <stanley_allen@> wrote: > > > > I have a pretty high end PC running Windows 7 with Intel Core 2 Quad, 6 GB > > of DDR2 RAM. > > > > Please let me know as a new user what version kicad I should download and > > why. I would rather have a more stable version but understand the newer > > versions might be worth trying. > > > > Do you recommend any particular download site? > > I strongly suggest using the latest RC (release candidate) for March 2010. > There will never be a more stable version than this if people don't install > it and say it is stable. When that happens, it will simply get renamed to > "released", (not released in more stable form). > > If you find bugs, then they can simply be reported and will be fixed. It is > silly to dodge all the enormous new functionality in the March 2010 release. > The software has probably never advanced as much in a single release. > > We think it is stable, otherwise it would not be named RC4 or RC5, RC<n>. It > is up to others to tell us otherwise. > > > Thanks, > > Dick >