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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I can definitely add the extra search path in.  It was only meant to impact
new users without preferences already.

Adam Wolf
On Nov 18, 2015 6:01 PM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Adam,
>
> Is this going to break anything for users who compile from source?  It
> looks as though it might.  If so, you might want to have both paths in
> the search list just in case.  AFAIK, the search path code removes all
> non-existent paths from the list.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 11/18/2015 3:57 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'm trying to wrap up all the OS X packaging related bugs ASAP before
> > 4.0.0 drops shortly.  I got a nasty one where we weren't actually
> > supporting 10.8, but as of this morning I fixed that! (It wasn't a KiCad
> > code change.)
> >
> > However!
> >
> > For OS X, we put packages3d next to modules, rather than inside of it.
> > I think we had a pretty long discussion on this before, but basically OS
> > X users are trained to use installers where they drag and drop
> > directories into destination directories.  We have a Kicad Extras dmg
> > where we put the offline footprints and other "extras", and if we put
> > the packages3d inside of the stock modules/ directory, when they drag
> > and drop the extras ones into the directory, it'll clobber them, so we
> > store them parallel.  I kinda mangled the explanation there, so if
> > someone wants clarification, I can write one up.
> >
> > A user reported that the default packages3d path doesn't match what we
> > package for OS X. (https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1496214)
> >
> > I wrote a small patch to fix this, and it appears to work.  The changes
> > are gated for OS X, but I'd appreciate another eye on this.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Adam Wolf
> > Cofounder and Engineer
> > W&L
> >
> >
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