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[Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo_bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: KiCad Developers <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 2:31 AM
>Subject: [Kicad-developers] OSX Build changes.
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>Hi all,
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>as Wayne already mentioned below I made some major changes to the creation of OSX application bundles in the build process.
>The most obvious is that now only one application bundle is created which starts the kicad launcher. 
>From there you can go anywhere else.
>The created bundle now is (should be) completely relocatable, so you can just put it anywhere you want as with other OSX apps.
>All the pre-delivered templates, etc. have been moved into the bundle and should be found from there.
>Command-Line tools are still contained (and accessible via e.g. /Applications/kicad.app/Contents/MacOS/idf…).
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>I have uploaded a sample dmg image here:
>  http://ul.to/ypsk7m41
>What you see in the dmg is 1:1 what is created in the build process now… this should make packaging and distributing automated builds very easy in future.
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>I am still doing some final touches to the patch before it gets submitted.
>So, feel free to test and comment…
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That's great news Bernhard; hopefully the OSX people are much happier with that.
It's good to see issues finally sorted out on OSX and this brings us closer to
being able to provide install-only downloads on OSX.

- Cirilo