>> I always ask the developers for comments when I add new features (other than
NSIS code
>> optimization and things like that).
> Uwe, I think you should reconsider your position about this story. Unless you
find it fun to
> develop your own personal solution (in which case I fully respect your POV)
it really does not
> make sense to duplicate the effort here.
The problem is that most of the installer features are from me and later bit by bit also used in
Joost's installer, but I was never contacted or asked by him BEFORE such a changes were made. I mean
I have contacted the authors of MiKTeX, ImageMagick, Ghostscript, JabRef to get versions I could use
for the installer. I even wrote for JabRef a new installer, I developed together with the MiKTeX
developer some interfaces that were needed, ... So I'm not the one duplicating features. (I haven't
used code by Joost until now, btw.)
> Time has passed and I reckon there are more and more Windows users; so you'd
do us all a great
> favor if you'd try to collaborate with Joost.
And he doesn't need to collaborate with me? I don't understand why someone who joined the LyX
installer business much later, don't need to collaborate with me, but did always what he want
without contacting me before. This is no basis for a collaboration, I gave up that a collaboration
is possible. Christian's try to bring us together was noc success as I wrote.
> WRT the difference, it seems that only the position about ImageMagick is
different.
There are more differences.
> This is not true. Possibly you could add an option in the installer to allow
the user to install a
> minimal, fully tested, embedded version, couldn't you?
You mean a Live Lyx? This could be created, but giving support for such a beast is horrible since
the LaTeX packages often interfere and in most cases the solution is simply to make a MikTeX update.
> Uwe, this is just my 2 cents, if you still don't want to merge your effort
with Joost's just say
> "no"
To say it like I feel about this: What is the effort of Joost's installer, despite he used my work
and many of my features for his installer?
> no need for another drama after the embedding stuff :-)
What was this? I haven't followed the many posts about this issue but seen that this feature was
removed from SVN now. Or why have you added a smiley to a drama?
regards Uwe
