[Added] Workaround for SetPlotOnAllLayersSelection change

KiCad 9.0.1 is full of API changes

Author: set-soft

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 
-## [2.5.8] - UNRELEASED
+## [2.5.8] - 2025-04-03
 ### Added
+* Support for broken KiCad 9.0.1 (which changed various details in the API)
 * Debug verbosity is now passed to children (#17)
 
 ### Changed

debian/changelog

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-kidiff (2.5.8-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+kidiff (2.5.8-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * The plug-in now compares all schematic pages
+  * Added support for broken API in KiCad 9.0.1
 
  -- Salvador Eduardo Tropea <[email protected]>  Thu, 20 Mar 2025 09:25:54 -0300
 

kicad-diff.py

@@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ def SetExcludeEdgeLayer(po, exclude_edge_layer, layer):
         # Doesn't work in 7.0.0. Bug: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/13841
         include = pcbnew.LSET()
         include.addLayer(layer)
-        po.SetPlotOnAllLayersSelection(include)
+        if (kicad_version_major == 9 and kicad_version_patch >= 1) or kicad_version_major > 9:
+            # API changes in a patch release, this is how KiCad team works ...
+            # They favor cosmetic changes ...
+            po.SetPlotOnAllLayersSequence(include.Seq())
+        else:
+            po.SetPlotOnAllLayersSelection(include)
 
 
 def WriteBBox(board, hash_dir):