Timothy Reaves wrote: > Georg Baum wrote: >> Timothy Reaves wrote: >>> If there were some 'official' TeX package management system, ported to >>> the different platforms, I'd see some of the detractors points. And I'm >>> not saying LyX users should be forced to use a LyX package management >>> system. I'm saying it's needed for more wide-spread adoption. Perhaps >>> that's no ones goal, and I understand that too. >> >> A LyX package management system will create far too much support and >> maintenance work, so we can't afford it. We have seen that the automatic >> miktex stuff does not work, since it interferes with firewalls, adds long >> delays when nobody expects them or even stalls LyX completely because of >> a strict firewall. >> We don't have the resources to create and maintain a package manager, so >> the only thing we can do is to document what is needed and give good >> error messages. In your case, if you try to typeset a document with >> glossaries an error message should tell that the nomencl package is >> needed, but not avvailable. > > I think you're over-engineering here. I never mentioned things like > networks, firewalls, and package managers as part of a 'solution' . > Reading way too much into it!
You did mention a package manager (see quoted text above). I don't believe anymore that I 'got the point', now I fear I don't understand what you want. Georg
