Is the python plugins disable at KiCad Nigthly?

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Is the python plugins disable at KiCad Nigthly? Or it stop to recognize ~/.kicad_plugins path?

Application: Pcbnew
Version: 5.99.0-unknown-60152bc00e~93~ubuntu20.04.1, release build
Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.0.4
	libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 5.8.0-36-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, ubuntu, x11
Build Info:
	Date: Jan 11 2021 15:19:44
	wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.71.0
	OCC: 7.3.0
	Curl: 7.68.0
	ngspice: 31
	Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013
Build settings:
	KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
	KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
	KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
	KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
	KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
	KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
	KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
	KICAD_SPICE=ON
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Apparently there are some problems with paths related to Python in KiCad V5.99.

This one is related to he python console in Pcbnew:

This one is related to the Footprint Wizards:

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Thanks. I workaround by a symbolic link ln -s ~/.kicad_plugins ~/.config/kicad/5.99/scripting/plugins.

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