KiCad V8 is announced

[davidsrsb]

V8.0.0 is released
Read the blog posting for a summary of the new features
https://www.kicad.org/blog/2024/02/Version-8.0.0-Released/

 

[JonSnell Electronic]

Beware, old home made symbols may be lost when installing, even if merge is selected.

 

[Bonsai]

🤦‍♂️ oh dear. Looks like I have work to do then.

 

[tombo56]

Looks good. Using recommended default install options, all my custom made symbols and footprints are there.

 

[davidsrsb]

Beware, old home made symbols may be lost when installing, even if merge is selected.

No they shouldn't, if you created your own libraries. Modifying the packaged libraries has never been a good idea.
On Windows you can every version since V5.1 installed independently.

 

[John Luckins]

Reading the release notes I see that Jeff Young of this parish "developed a comparison tool for symbols and footprints that shows a report and visual comparison between the schematic and library versions of a selected symbol".
He's been busy with other improvements too..

Thanks Jeff

 

[jakruby]

Fortunately they're not lost you just have to re-add the paths - under preferences; managing libraries

 

[davidsrsb]

The first point release is announced, fixing many bugs.
V8.0.1 is safe enough for a serious project now.
https://www.kicad.org/blog/2024/03/KiCad-8.0.1-Release/

 

[AlexFromBy]

davidsrsb, please, answer to me on https://www.diyaudio.com/community/...02-clone-for-aluminium-back-pcb.380947/page-3

 

[davidsrsb]

Another point release. Plenty of bug fixes.
https://www.kicad.org/blog/2024/04/KiCad-8.0.2-Release/