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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25.10.2014, at 23:45, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 10/25/2014 5:14 PM, Brian Sidebotham wrote:
>> On 25 October 2014 17:22, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I think both modules directories should be changed now to footprint.
>> We've made the decision to move to footprint, so let's give the user
>> an easier life by being consistent. We probably need the code to drop
>> back to the modules directory to maintain compatibility though.
> 
> We could do that.  It might cause some issues for folks who have and
> environment variable that they are using in fp-lib-table.  As of right
> now, the footprint libraries are still installed in the /module path.

That’s not only a Windows packaging issue as far as I went through the code for the OSX bundle stuff.

The “module” path fragment is hardcoded as default in quite some spots in the code… changing this would IMHO mean changing it for all platforms and existing installs.


Regards,
Bernhard