Changes related to a reported bug:
2017-09-17 - Carsten Schoenert kicad (4.0.7+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium. c306ee5 New upstream version 4.0.7+dfsg1 (Closes: #875942, #841539). 9ef473f createkicadupstreamtarballs.sh: adjust to recent GH API + Use a improved curl call to catch up all footprint related repositories on GitHub. Application: kicad Version: 4.0.7 release build wxWidgets: Version 3.0.3 (debug,wchart,compiler with C ABI 1011,GCC 7.1.0,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW Boost version: 1.60.0 Curl version: libcurl/7.54.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.11 libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.23.1.
Fix broken links and add correct links to about dialog.
Eeschema: highlight the first choice in rescue dialog.
Eeschema: fix zone properties dialog level setting tooltip.
Pcbnew: fix segfault when appending a board in GAL mode.
Remove some useless or incorrect asserts in plot functions.
Pcbnew: continue loading footprints after first failure.
Eeschema: don’t apply last line width to text thickness in symbol library editor.
Pcbnew: add option to plot DXF lines in outline mode.
Pcbnew: add option to plot DXF editable text.
Pcbnew: fix crash when dragging a track.
Fix crash when dragging a track.
Remove leading/trailing white space error message from field validator.
Changes without a bug report:
Pcbnew: fix bug loading board files written when layers could have numeric names.
Pcbnew: prevent segfault when outline has no vertices reading P-CAD file.
Pcbnew: fix tooltip error in copper zones dialog.
Eeschema: move BOM scripts so they are installed correctly.
Apply changes from master to GOST page layouts.
Save text thickness in worksheet editor.
Fix default line widths for non-mm units in DXF import.
Kicad 4.0.7
Better error messages when throwing an I/O error or parse error.
Cvpcb: fix incorrect assignments when using .equ files and automatic association.
Fix possible crash and issues when a incorrect fp lib table is loaded.
Kicad 4.0 7 Download
Fix crash when writing zip archive file to folder that is not writeable.
Kicad 4.0 7 X86_64 Exe
Fix issues in plot functions when used from python scripts.