i @Torby,
in some way -
[quote=“Torby, post:5, topic:1150”]
As an old software guy, I recognize this as a bad idea.
[/quote] you are right -
and in some way i think for the build in libs as a starting point its fine 
you will have your own librarys in short time so you eventually don’t need the default ones anymore..
for the footprints there is a option to automagically save modified versions to a user-defined path.
the lib things/managment in eeschema will be update somewhere in the future… 
if you gained enough trust - yes
sunny greetings
stefan