Jean-Paul, I think this is a perfect example :) I said there is already a README in the DMG, but I do not believe many people actually read it. :)
Adam On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 10:20 PM Jean-Paul Louis <lou...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Adam, > It should be easy to add a README file in the dmg package. I have seen quite > a few apps that have a README file you can open before moving the main app to > the Applications folder. > > Just my $0.02, > Jean-Paul > N1JPL > > > On Jun 21, 2018, at 10:52 PM, Adam Wolf <adamw...@feelslikeburning.com> > > wrote: > > > > I am pretty concerned about this. There is no place in the macOS > > package to put instructions that users will read. (There is a README > > but I do not believe many people open it.) > > > > Is there any way we can detect if the fp-lib-table is out of sync and > > tell a user at run time? > > > > Adam > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 2:54 PM Rene Pöschl <poesc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> I know we are in feature freeze. It seems a lot of people struggle with > >> the transition from kicad 4 to kicad 5. One of the things that could > >> help a lot would be some way of forcing a reset of the user config > >> directory contents to the default. (cold also help later on if for some > >> reason the config directory got compromised.) > >> > >> Especially for the fp-lib-table. It is really not obvious to a lot of > >> people using the official library that this one would need to be reset > >> after updating from kicad 4 to kicad 5. (The files for the official > >> symbol and 3d libraries are updated. The sym-lib-table is "updated" as > >> it never existed before. Meaning without user intervention the footprint > >> library will be out of sync with all other types of libraries.) > >> > >> I think a message in the installer should be the least that should be > >> done. (But that one will only work where kicad has a specific > >> installation tool.) > >> > >> A message on first run of kicad 5 might be even better (maybe the > >> message stating that the default sym-lib-table has been introduced could > >> hint at the fact that the fp-lib-table might need resetting as well. Or > >> a message with a tick-mark "do not show again".) > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
