Any major Windows release vs. Linux build anomalies to be aware of?

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Hi everyone. I’ve been thinking about outsourcing the pcb layout of my design. I use the latest build of kicad on Linux (5338), and my worry is that if I hire someone that uses a stable build (release, not compiled) in Windows, that the resulting design files may be wonky if loaded into fresh compiled build.

I could browse through pages of bug fixes on launchpad but I’m just trying to get a general feeling of what people think about this. I haven’t been around KiCad long enough to gauge myself.

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You will have to get them to compile the latest using the winbuilder unless you drop back to using bzr4022 as well. There have been a lot of format changes, especially in Pcbnew, between those two revisions.

EDIT: Or you could try the Windows builds recently posted here or try http://kicad.nosoftware.cz/