I would tend to agree. I know that the disk location doesn't really matter, and it would be a pain to change, but having it as a direct subdirectory of KiCad/share/ seems to make more intuitive sense to me.
On 25 Feb 2017 01:12, "Simon Wells" <[email protected]> wrote: > why should packages be a subfolder of modules, it seems that they > don't really belong in there and should be directly in the share/kicad > folder > > On 25 February 2017 at 02:00, Adam Wolf <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yeah, let me clarify--by "wouldn't be a problem" for OS X, I meant "if > > you did it without saying where it's going and when it's changing", it > > would break the OS X package, but the change would only take a minute > > or two, and would be quickly testable. > > > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 6:57 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 2/24/2017 3:45 AM, Oliver Walters wrote: > >>> Hi everyone, > >>> > >>> Recently I raised this issue: > >>> > >>> https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg27922.html > >>> > >>> There were some good responses, thanks for the input. > >>> > >>> First task is going to be moving the 3D models, as this will be > >>> significantly easier. > >>> > >>> e.g. something like GitHub.com/KiCad/packages3D > >>> > >>> To this end, I'd like some further information from those in the know: > >>> > >>> A) is there any impediment to having the KISYS3DMOD envvar point to > >>> somewhere different? e.g. ./KiCad/share/packages3D/ > >> > >> I believe you mean share/kicad/modules/packages3d. Why would change > the > >> install path? Irregardless of what repo the 3D models are in, they > >> should always get installed in this location. Where else would be > >> appropriate to install them? Changing this path would most likely break > >> everyone's 3D viewing experience. > >> > >>> B) To the package managers, how much effort to package 3D models from a > >>> separate repo? > >> > >> I'll leave this to our package devs. > >> > >>> C) to the docs maintainers, would there be much to change if we > >>> redirected the 3D repo? > >>> D) Generally, what other considerations would be required? > >>> > >>> Essentially, if I made this change right now without telling anyone, > >>> what would I break? > >> > >> I'm sure all of the package builders. You would need to coordinate this > >> change with the package devs. > >> > >>> > >>> As a side note there have been some great recent contributions to the > 3D > >>> data, with a fair bit of momentum over at the forums. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Oliver > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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