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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I finally committed the changes to allow Pcbnew to save libraries in the 
new s-expression format.  You can test this feature by building KiCad 
with the -DUSE_PCBNEW_SEXPR_FOOTPRINT_LIBS=ON CMake definition.  This 
will add an entry into the library editor file menu that will allow you 
to save the current library to the new file format.  Please note that 
the new file format will create a file for each footprint in the current 
library file in a directory named from the current library file name. 
The new format will not be used for loading and/or editing libraries 
until I get the library table designed and implemented.  Once that 
happens we should be able to begin using the new file formats as well as 
editing and saving libraries in any format that is supported by the 
appropriate PLUGIN.  Please take some time to make sure that the 
footprint files and directories are generated correctly and that I 
didn't miss anything.

Thanks,

Wayne