José, I think this is the correct approach
On 9 Nov 2017 02:56, "José Ignacio" <jose.cyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Doing a one-time copy from the system, copy on write like Nick suggested > or just having kicad download the libraries itself would be the only real > solutions IMO. Having the installer write to user directories is a no-no > specially since there can be new users added to the system after kicad gets > installed, who will have a "broken" install. The copying system in kicad > also needs to offer at least the most rudimentary mechanism for upgrading > the user's copies of the library when the system library gets updated (when > kicad gets upgraded). That should NOT be an automatic process though, as it > would be useful and expected that the user could review the change before > touching the libraries. > > Also, for users like me that do not use the kicad library, if kicad > doesn't get installed with libraries none of this copying would happen > anyway. > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 7:15 AM, Oliver Walters < > oliver.henry.walt...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wayne, >> >> I think you're right that a deeper understanding of how people are using >> and managing the libraries is required. >> >> However, there still seems to be one of two options if KiCad installs >> libs into a location where users cannot write: >> >> a) Users are not able to update the libraries or otherwise edit them >> b) Users have to duplicate the library data to somewhere they *do* have >> access and then reassociate all the library tables >> >> I think there is scope for improvement here. I'm not confident enough to >> say *what* that improvement should be. >> >> On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 12:12 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> What is the purpose of this change? In what way will it improve the >>> user experience? Before we ask the package devs to do a lot of work, we >>> might want to dig deeper into the library management issue. I fail to >>> see how installing and likely duplicating the entire KiCad library in >>> the user's home folder solves any of the underlying library management >>> issues in KiCad other than having write access to modify the installed >>> libraries which has its own set of issues. In some respects this has >>> the potential to complicate things even further. I suspect the real >>> issue is out library editing and management tools. I suggest we wait >>> until Orson pushes the symbol library editor to see if this improves the >>> library management situation. Given what I know about it I suspect that >>> it will improve things significant on the library management side of >>> things. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> On 11/8/2017 2:02 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: >>> > To the package maintainers: >>> > >>> > For v5 release, can the default library install path be set to a user >>> > directory rather than program directory that may require administrator >>> > rights? >>> > >>> > e.g. instead of >>> > >>> > C:\Program Files\KiCad\share\... >>> > or >>> > /usr/share/kicad/... >>> > >>> > something like; >>> > >>> > C:\Users\Oliver\KiCad\... >>> > >>> > /home/Oliver/KiCad >>> > >>> > (Not necessarily those paths but something like that). >>> > >>> > A lot of users are reporting issues with being able to download or >>> > modify library files, due to user privileges. >>> > >>> > How attainable is such a change before v5 release? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Oliver >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> > >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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