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[Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with Wayne’s opinion.
Everything in a single package is a lot less frustrating for new users.

Jean-Paul
AC9GH

On Nov 6, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 11/6/2014 11:32 AM, Adam Wolf wrote:
>> Alternatively, what do folks think about packaging the libraries as a
>> dmg?  The insides of the DMG would have the folder with the content, and
>> a link to copy them to their library location in their home directory,
>> or for all users.
> 
> This makes sense to me.  It's also how I'm approaching the MSYS2
> package.  I have already included the documentation and will soon be
> adding the libraries, footprints, templates, etc to the package so it
> can all be installed in a single package.  The only downside to this is
> the package file size and that the user has to update everything for
> each new daily build of the source.
> 
>> 
>> I think I like this better, and will be starting work on it shortly.
> 
> Great work Adam and Bernhard.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
>> 
>> Adam Wolf
>> Cofounder and Engineer
>> W&L, LLC
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Adam Wolf
>> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi folks,
>> 
>>    After the patch last night, I have been able to have a few people
>>    test my packages.
>> 
>>    The top issues reported:
>> 
>>    1) I don't actually have the pdf docs in the docs/ portion of the
>>    package.
>> 
>>         I adjusted the link in the Readme to point directly to the
>>    documentation on kicad-pcb.org <http://kicad-pcb.org>, and am
>>    working on pulling in the PDF docs and stuffing them in the DMG.
>> 
>>    2) The getting started pdf link in the help doesn't work.
>> 
>>        I need to finish #1 before getting this fixed.
>> 
>>    3) "How do you install schematic libraries?"
>> 
>>        I believe I need to bundle these in the bundle.  Working on it.
>> 
>> 
>>    4)  "There's this crazy red screen..."
>> 
>>    As a stop-gap measure, I could set up a 10.9 system with an older
>>    version of XCode.  I believe that would stop the red screen, for
>>    now, but it is not a true solution.
>> 
>>    Thanks folks.
>> 
>>    Adam Wolf
>>    Cofounder and Engineer
>>    W&L
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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