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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/26/2018 12:58 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote:
> OK, what about the help files? :)

The help files should be installed by the main KiCad installer.  I don't
so those as being optional.

> 
> I agree, the library installer should be provided, you can call me a
> thorough tester but a basic user (otherwise known as complainer ;-P )
> and I don't want to deal with github to get kicad libraries. A 50 year
> old hobbyist will give up on kicad in 10 minutes after not being able to
> figure out where the components are and that kicad appears baren after
> not being able to start designing even a simple circuit without
> reinventing the wheel.

I understand and your reasoning is perfectly valid.  I can't say we can
support every use case due to manpower limitations but at a minimum we
should provide a library installer with all of the symbol, footprint,
template, and 3D model libraries by version tag that installs the
libraries where they normally would be installed on windows.

> 
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 3:39 AM, Simon Richter <Simon.Richter@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:Simon.Richter@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     On 25.02.2018 22 <tel:25.02.2018%2022>:52, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote:
> 
>     > The unchecked components in the image below cannot be checked.
> 
>     Yes, these are no longer in the nightly installer, because they are
>     600MB compressed, and most nightly users maintain their libraries
>     themselves.
> 
>        Simon
> 
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