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[Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bernhard and Adam,
I agree with Bernhard that the libraries should not be in the app bundle, but the libraries should still be in the same dmg package, as it would be very frustrating for a beginner to install the app and find out that they cannot do anything worth a try until they contact someone who can tell them where to download the libraries and install them.

That could be done in a single dmg package with the app bundle going to /Applications/KiCad(or kicad), and the libraries going to ~/Library/Application Support/kicad/library(and modules and 3dpackages).

Best regards,
Jean-Paul
AC9GH


On Nov 6, 2014, at 1:03 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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