- Update to version 4.0.0
Changes from previous stable release:
* New graphics rendering backend GAL (OpenGL and Cairo)
* New s-expression based pcb format (.kicad_pcb)
* New footprint library format (.pretty folder with .kicad_mod footprints)
* Updated footprint editor
* More advanced footprint manager concept called footprint library table (fp-lib-table)
* Ability to download footprints on the fly from git repositories
* Official libraries are now stored on github and regularly updated
* Awesome/Advanced Push and Shove (PnS) router (only usable with GAL renderer)
* Interactive differential trace routing and tuning
* Interactive trace length tuning
* Much more realistic 3D board rendering
* Intelligent library search with preview in Eeschema
* Initial Python api for Pcbnew
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/346954
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/electronics/kicad?expand=0&rev=11
