v1.8.0 release

This release brings KiCAD v10 support, numerous bug fixes, and several quality-of-life improvements. All users are encouraged to upgrade. Note that this release drops support for KiCAD versions older than v9.

New features

• KiCAD v10 support (3cd47e1)
• odd/even grid offsets for layouts (715cfc9)
• allow to specify layer for annotation source (b8abc64)
• expose KiKit properties from TabAnnotations (470d48d)
• add option to bake old references (3e321b2)
• DRC is now handled via kicad-cli instead of pcbnew (39e9d59)
• support for hasNetclass(), hasExactNetclass(), and inDiffPair() conditions in custom DRC rules (85d8189, afe04d9)
• support for comments in the SExpr parser (c0ea8ad)
• CLI now also accepts -h to show help text (ab82af6)

Bug fixes

• fix the interaction of tightframe and fillets (8f3e7f3)
• fix degenerate polygon handling in substrate cropping (c59789d, 6043817, 29f6f76)
• prevent interference of neighboring board polygons (b4f2692)
• fix shapePolyToShapely conversion (ab63ca4)
• fix tooling.solderMaskMargin (62c450b)
• fix jlcTooling preset (b8b830f)
• copy nets of graphical items (567514d)
• copy and rename netclass_assignments from source board (3e4ba78, 9fbe4b7)
• make sure the boards are placed precisely, accounting for edge cut width (1ed03ce)
• improve strategy for filling full tabs (f9dc09b)
• fix error reporting for mousebite cuts (e65a490)
• validate tab footprint (4f1a424)
• check if the panel file name includes a directory and verify its existence (8c6643c)
• several error messages were improved (82b8409, 559d637)
• make sure that newly added layers are enabled (3cb1974)

Performance

• SExpr parser was significantly optimized (2ab0d4b, 0f63d99)

How to update

• upgrade KiKit backend (see https://yaqwsx.github.io/KiKit/latest/installation/upgrading/)
• upgrade the symbols and footprint library via PCM
• there is no need to update the PCM plugin