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[Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great job, Adam.

My vote is for the separate dmg image for libraries.

As a normal OSX user you won’t do anything inside the bundle, so I think it is more easy to just grab the library.dmg and pull contents to the ~/Library/Application Support/kicad/library folder.
Changing things inside the home folder is much more normal than changing things inside the bundle - normal users shouldn’t change anything within the bundle.


Regards,
Bernhard

On 06.11.2014, at 18:56, Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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