"Bennett Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wouldn't object on principle, but to be honest, I'm very likely to forget > to apply this patch when I upgrade to new versions of Qt, with predictable > bad consequences. I wouldn't, for example, want to re-release a version of > LyX simply because I forgot to patch Qt, and then have hundreds of Mac users > think they need to download it again just so that 10 people -- people who > are probably savvy enough to compile their own -- can get this hidden, > specialized feature. And I wouldn't want to try to explain to standard users > why they don't need to download this "updated" version.
What would be nice is to get trolltech to do something about it... > Another option would be for me to hand over the duties of releasing Mac > binaries to someone else who wouldn't be so forgetful ... and who could > perhaps invest more energy and time (not to mention knowledge and skill!) to > getting things to work better on Mac. I'm thinking in particular of the > sorry state of the Mac installer and the desirability of rolling the > functions of the installer in to LyX.app itself. -- See the thread here: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg133751.html Fixing these problems do not imply you stepping down, except if you are really fed up with this work. You are a pretty fine LyX/Mac maintainer, from my POV. JMarc
