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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So originally,  I mostly forgot that people do source builds on OS X. :)

After thinking about it, I think we need both search paths in kiface_i, the
new default in pgmbase, and the docs changed.  All of these are in the
patch on this list.

Then we also could make the kicad-library repo put the packages3d the same
place that the nightlies do, which I have done and tested but it is on git
so I haven't attached the patch, but it is basically if apple, install to
modules/.., but if not, install to modules/.

This should make it so new users on nightlies have a good default, new
users on source builds have a good default, and shouldn't impact old
nightly users who have preferences files already.

It would impact current from-source users, who update kicad-library and
expect the 3D data to go into modules/packages3d.  If you have any thoughts
about how to mitigate that, or if it's something we are OK accepting, let
me know.

I can also investigate doing this in a different way, or ignore the issue
until the 3d refactor work which will make a lot of this moot, but it has
been reported a few times in the last few months.

Adam Wolf

On Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 9:29 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> 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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