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 <[email protected]> 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 >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
