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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Adam,

I forgot to ask, would this change be on top of your current patch or
replace the current patch?

Wayne

On 11/18/2015 8:49 PM, Adam Wolf wrote:
> Slick!  Faster than I thought to make the change on a branch for
> kicad-libraries.  This would make it so new from-source builders on OS X
> install their packages3d to the same place as nightly and release users.
> 
> If you think it's a good idea, I'll propose the 8 line patch to Carl and
> the rest of the library folks.
> 
> Adam Wolf
> Cofounder and Engineer
> W&L
> 
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 7:36 PM, Adam Wolf
> <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Wayne,
> 
>     Attached is the updated patch.  Do you think I should also do a
>     patch for the library group so from-source builders on OS X will
>     match the nightlies?  (I probably should have done this a long time
>     ago actually!)
> 
>     Adam Wolf
> 
>     On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Adam Wolf
>     <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>         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
>         <mailto: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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