KiCad 5.0.0-rc2

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KiCad
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5.0
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5.0.0-rc2
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Wayne Stambaugh
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1 Adam Wolf, 2 Bernhard Stegmaier, 50 Jeff Young, 28 Jon Evans, 28 Maciej Suminski, 1 Nick Østergaard, 8 Seth Hillbrand, 6 Tomasz Wlostowski, 15 Wayne Stambaugh, 4 jean-pierre charras
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1721590 #1721590 pcbnew crash if "backing" up and place via 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1738872 #1738872 OCE 0.18.2 segfaults with IGES model 2 Critical Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1747546 #1747546 Fatal crash eeSchema V5 assigning footprint 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1749955 #1749955 Crash unarchiving project after deleting contents 2 Critical Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1750463 #1750463 Crash when duplicating custom pad shape primitives 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1751945 #1751945 Crash on break track operation 2 Critical Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1752419 #1752419 eeschema : crash if slash in part name 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1752724 #1752724 KiCad segfaults while opening Eeschema 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1753092 #1753092 KiCAD Crach on simulating after a change of project 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1753218 #1753218 pcbnew assertion failed @ rtree.h:1643 2 Critical Tomasz Wlostowski  10 Fix Released
1754094 #1754094 GerbView: Crash while using "Zoom to selection" tool 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1754402 #1754402 Not sure if a bug: F8 in V5.0 nightly eeSchema on large file crashes KiCad 2 Critical Tomasz Wlostowski  10 Fix Released
1754738 #1754738 Crash when changing footprint editor parameters on macOS 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1755623 #1755623 GerbView: Crashes while opening ZIP archives 2 Critical jean-pierre charras  10 Fix Released
1756255 #1756255 Updating search field in the Choose Symbol dialog occasionally causes a segfault in wxWidgets 2 Critical Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1756710 #1756710 gerbview crashes opening RS274D gerber file 2 Critical Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1758095 #1758095 KiCad unresponsive after 3d library download 2 Critical Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1759024 #1759024 pcbnew segfault when forming invalid polygon 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1760936 #1760936 Eeschema: FP selection: List with too many symbols 2 Critical Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1761052 #1761052 Kicad (nightly) breaks with when creating a new footprint. 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1761058 #1761058 Selecting pin symbol when creating a symbol crash Kicad. 2 Critical Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1761221 #1761221 Footprint editor: Cut command does not work fine, and can crash pcbnew 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1761698 #1761698 Fatal assert on board cleanup 2 Critical Tomasz Wlostowski  10 Fix Released
1762560 #1762560 Crash after placing one symbol and saving 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1763270 #1763270 Gerbview crashes on start 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1764166 #1764166 rescue lib generation missing 2 Critical   10 Fix Released
1767587 #1767587 Pcbnew (Standalone) becomming unresponsive while routing, and seg faults 2 Critical Tomasz Wlostowski  10 Fix Released
1767826 #1767826 losing all tracks of a board 2 Critical Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1770939 #1770939 Crash(assert) when using "Move exactly" or "Position Relative to" with DRC markers selected 2 Critical Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1592670 #1592670 CvPcb "Save" doesn't go to disk, only to eeschema file 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1740727 #1740727 Vuln in Python bundled with Windows release 3 High Nick Østergaard  10 Fix Released
1745981 #1745981 cursor freezes in pcbnew after removing a corner of zone 3 High Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1746507 #1746507 Cursor freezes in pcbnew, again 3 High Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1747037 #1747037 eechema search & replace 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1751112 #1751112 Pcbnew doesn't like 2 zone fill operations at once 3 High   10 Fix Released
1751960 #1751960 PcbNew: Items are selectable even if all layers they exist on are turned off 3 High Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1752719 #1752719 .mod file doesn't show parts 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1753143 #1753143 eeschema component list not updating properly osx 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1753901 #1753901 Refilling zone with DRC option "refill all zones" leads to misleading zone display 3 High Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1754049 #1754049 Layer setup can be changed leading to data loss 3 High Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1754741 #1754741 3D canvas preview in Footprint Editor Wizard is not usable on macOS 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1756995 #1756995 Change track width for multiple segments NOK 3 High Bernhard Stegmaier  10 Fix Released
1757468 #1757468 pcbnew: vias not selectable unless top layer is turned on 3 High Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1760097 #1760097 DRC does not report copper zone fill collision with track 3 High   10 Fix Released
1761378 #1761378 Component editor table crashes (freezes) 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1765375 #1765375 Illegal character in symbol name brakes dialog 3 High Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1765443 #1765443 Field Editor does not save if field doesnt exist on symbol already 3 High Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1559258 #1559258 Eeschema Find after Replace should not go back to beginning 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1612541 #1612541 push and shove Must respect all keepouts 4 Medium   10 Fix Released
1630675 #1630675 Initialization of ngspice on OSX 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1679205 #1679205 Footprint Position File output improvements needed 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1680638 #1680638 Annotating Multi-Unit Components Shares Ref-Des When Common Pin is connected to multiple nodes 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1685508 #1685508 Hierarchical pins prone to shorting nets 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1720619 #1720619 spice netlist with ? ? ? when unconnected pins 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1721547 #1721547 Design Rule Check changes layout (recalculates filled areas) 4 Medium Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1737349 #1737349 Placing a via into a track segment does not split it 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1740022 #1740022 custom Environment variables are not used immediately 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1742296 #1742296 Text selection issues in "Text Properties" dialog in eeschema 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1745437 #1745437 symbol library: no way to even rename old parts 4 Medium   10 Fix Released
1746814 #1746814 Default fields don't get instantiated until Symbol Properties is opened 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1747443 #1747443 GerbView (modern) doesn't load PT and NPTH holes after changing layer colors 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1748401 #1748401 eeschema: Error occured when open hierarchical schematic 4 Medium Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1748502 #1748502 Importing EAGLE project changes net connections 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1751183 #1751183 Hard coded hotkeys prevent user hotkeys from working 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1751565 #1751565 Footprint filters seem to implicitly add * at the beginning. 4 Medium Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1751662 #1751662 Rescue-Backup of Symbol Remap fails when subfolders are used in the project 4 Medium Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1752033 #1752033 Track cleanup too aggressive 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1752209 #1752209 GerbView: Assert on "List DCodes" menu in some situations 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1752982 #1752982 GerbView - Reset Local Coordinates (Space) not working 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1753094 #1753094 Simulator doesn't find .lib files. 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1753164 #1753164 Installing gEDA library via library wizard sets wrong plugin type 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1753552 #1753552 wrl exporter fails to export rounded rectangular pads 4 Medium Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1754121 #1754121 GerbView: Incorrect scaling of EXCELLON drill file 4 Medium jean-pierre charras  10 Fix Released
1754442 #1754442 DRC only tags once per net, means report is a DRC subset 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1754610 #1754610 Eagle import - Invalid hexadecimal number in input/source 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1754667 #1754667 pcbnew: Option Auto delete old track always delete old tracks 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1755191 #1755191 Eagle import misses implicit network connections 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1755879 #1755879 Eagle import do not support arcs in filled zone 4 Medium Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1759958 #1759958 gerbview: Zero-width lines are invisible in accelerated toolset 4 Medium Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1762136 #1762136 Symbol Editor: X + Y hotkeys not working 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1765932 #1765932 EESchema: Edit Symbol Library References not working for power symbols 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1765937 #1765937 save buttons disabled in Symbol Lib Editor 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1766551 #1766551 Symbol library editor: Error message on that existing aliases cannot be found on start 4 Medium Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1767519 #1767519 Plot DXF: wrong SolderPaste tolerance in Oval and RoundRect 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1767736 #1767736 Saving a footprint clears its library ID 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1767746 #1767746 It is no longer possible to expand groups in the "Edit Symbol Fields" window 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1772095 #1772095 Unintentional footprint file format change? Library name now included in footprint name. 4 Medium Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1462929 #1462929 Change of Design_Rules->Clearance in Pcbnew not working when in OpenGL/Cairo mode 5 Low   10 Fix Released
1492576 #1492576 [OSX] default location of template files 5 Low Adam Wolf  10 Fix Released
1541526 #1541526 DRC dialog invocation causes state change in GAL router 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1543443 #1543443 Default location for templates folder on Windows often not writeable 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1553459 #1553459 invisible text in footprint editor and other 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1645670 #1645670 I and U selection shortcuts work on hover track even when another is selected 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1663556 #1663556 when drawing track in hidden layer, layer does not become visible 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1667240 #1667240 footprint wizard: no update after toggle Bool flag 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1668799 #1668799 Keyboard shortcuts doesn't work in footprint editor when invoked from Pcbnew 5 Low Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1678849 #1678849 eeschema: layout description file ignored starting in standalone mode 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1700853 #1700853 Spice netlist doubled device names 5 Low Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1703155 #1703155 Cvpcb calculates number of pins wrong 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1729276 #1729276 "Open documentation" - environment variable not working 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1729722 #1729722 Eagle schematic import title block issue. 5 Low   10 Fix Released
1741755 #1741755 Rescue: Renaming/adding "-RESCUE-ProjectName" to symbol name seems redundant 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1744521 #1744521 Footprint editor broken Render hide pads settings 5 Low   10 Fix Released
1747156 #1747156 pcbnew, track hidden under footprint cannot be dragged 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1749139 #1749139 Update macos build instructions about patched wx 5 Low Bernhard Stegmaier  10 Fix Released
1750284 #1750284 MacOS App icons haven't been updated 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1750858 #1750858 Footprint progress dialog shown when not necessary 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1751200 #1751200 BOM feature does not work in Windows7x64 5 Low   10 Fix Released
1751309 #1751309 footprint wizard: BARCODE and QR code Caption Options haven't a sense 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1751465 #1751465 create new project from template doesn't work on Win10 with nightly 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1751480 #1751480 Warp on locate behavior is different between legacy and GAL 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1752541 #1752541 Footprint editor allows insert to board when no board exists 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1752771 #1752771 Bugs in circle and arc drawing and plotting 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1753336 #1753336 Zoom Auto vs Fit on Screen (String Fix) 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1753338 #1753338 PLEditor: Standardize shortcuts 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1753339 #1753339 Add Zoom to Selection in View menu bar throughout various apps 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1753592 #1753592 Assert before starting almost any KiCad sub-program 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1753659 #1753659 pcbnew save & load preferences saves/loads project instead 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1754100 #1754100 GerbView: Aborting "Measure distance between two points" tool enables autopanning 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1754135 #1754135 GerbView: Selection of layer in dropdown list does not actually select the layer 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1754252 #1754252 3d viewer: a poor approximation of big arcs/circles in Edge.Cuts 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1754731 #1754731 "New project" dialog looks wrong on macOS 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1754739 #1754739 Footprint Editor Wizard preview pane not showing anything 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1754977 #1754977 Copy action shortcut closes dialog on macOS 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1755265 #1755265 identical condition 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1755713 #1755713 gerbview: Open Drill File removes first layer 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1755886 #1755886 Eagle import do not support restrict layer 5 Low Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1756623 #1756623 eeschema dialogs lost when changing number of screens 5 Low   10 Fix Released
1757146 #1757146 Selecting some trivial connections shows graphical artifacts 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1757295 #1757295 Footprint Editor: Cannot select elements normally when F.Cu is disabled 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1757421 #1757421 Feature request: Symbol editor 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1757446 #1757446 GAL highlight net tool does not restore colors 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1758137 #1758137 3D pad and via hole polygons are inside circles 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1758372 #1758372 Mouse warp fails on context sub-menus. 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1758392 #1758392 Links in Windows installer are out of date 5 Low Jon Evans  10 Fix Released
1759190 #1759190 footprint editor: load footprint window cancel not honored 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1761848 #1761848 localization strings don't change in all menus 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1763267 #1763267 (5.0.0-rc2-dev) Assert in CVPCB: "no statusbar to set text for" 5 Low Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1763563 #1763563 (5.0.0-rc2-dev) Pcbnew: assert "Assert failure" failed in Check(): can't check this item 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1763887 #1763887 [eeschema] assert when trying to change page layot file 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1765297 #1765297 Eagle import: no permissions to save project file 5 Low Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1765359 #1765359 Naming Inconsistency: Edit Symbol Library Associations 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1765447 #1765447 Field editor columns resize strangely on debian 9.4 5 Low Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1768355 #1768355 kicad_mod roundrect_rratio has no space prefixed 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1768671 #1768671 Shared hotkeys for Leave Sheet and Library Browser 5 Low Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1753337 #1753337 GerbView: Add View menu bar 6 Wishlist Wayne Stambaugh  10 Fix Released
1754891 #1754891 Add paste block to context menu of Eeschema 6 Wishlist   10 Fix Released
1667600 #1667600 ERC Options have no effect at all 1 Undecided Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1747967 #1747967 Eagle Import - Assert in ComputeStringBoundaryLimits(): This function is intended to work with single line strings 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1748181 #1748181 Render/visible checkboxes are full of errors in GAL 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1748832 #1748832 PnS router does not allow traces in keepout zones no matter what 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1749799 #1749799 Highlight doesn't work properly when selecting a symbol in EEschema 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1750494 #1750494 pcbnew: area zone fill mode selection buttons stuck 1 Undecided Tomasz Wlostowski  10 Fix Released
1751654 #1751654 Not possible to draw some zone/polygon shapes 1 Undecided Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1752991 #1752991 On save footprint editor touches other files 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1753101 #1753101 Simulator doesn't switch design 1 Undecided Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1753151 #1753151 "Add graphic Polygon" does not use currently selected layer 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1753224 #1753224 pcbnew: Zones->Fill All is became so slow for complex boards 1 Undecided Tomasz Wlostowski  10 Fix Released
1753330 #1753330 Symbol table reference column auto width too much 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1754120 #1754120 Footprint Name field in Save Footprint dialog does not allow characters 's','p','a','c','e', and 't','b' 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1756263 #1756263 Menu shortcut overlapping menu text at some scaling factors in Windows 7 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1759631 #1759631 Changed header values don’t propagate in Symbol Table on MacOs 1 Undecided Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1760903 #1760903 Pcbnew, GAL mode, a zone is always refilled when deselecting it after being selected 1 Undecided Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
1762162 #1762162 (5.0.0-rc2-dev) In eeschema the "?" key doesn't list hotkeys 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1762497 #1762497 DRC Markers set dirty bit even though they aren't saved in file 1 Undecided Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1764081 #1764081 symbol library editor "save current library" button does not ungrey after copy pasting library 1 Undecided Jeff Young  10 Fix Released
1766634 #1766634 Issues with VRML export 1 Undecided Seth Hillbrand  10 Fix Released
1767061 #1767061 PCBNew: Appcrash while routing in Legacy canvas 1 Undecided jean-pierre charras  10 Fix Released
1768174 #1768174 pcbnew segmentation fault on Ubuntu 18.04 1 Undecided   10 Fix Released
1771526 #1771526 Masks derived from custom pad shape plotted incorrectly 1 Undecided jean-pierre charras  10 Fix Released
1772209 #1772209 Remove Library Wizard for Github 1 Undecided Maciej Suminski  10 Fix Released
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