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.rich...@hogyros.de > <mailto:simon.rich...@hogyros.de>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > > -- > Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future > Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the > future [JFK] > > kandre...@gmail.com <mailto:kandre...@gmail.com> > Live Long and Prosper, > Andrey > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
