Am 24.03.2014 um 16:22 schrieb Vincent van Ravesteijn <v...@lyx.org>:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org> > wrote: > 24/03/2014 14:49, Vincent van Ravesteijn: > > I thought the problem was that if someone changed the path prefix in the > preferences to something that e.g., makes LyX not find python anymore, > any new installation that copies over these settings from a previous > install will cause the new installed LyX to be broken. > > If somebody breaks the preferences, it is his problem afterwards :) > > JMarc > > > Well, Uwe's point is that if someone uninstalls LyX, but leaves the > preferences. Then a year later, he might reinstall LyX and copy over the old > preferences. In the meantime, the dependencies like Python might have moved > and the old path points to nowhere. Conclusion: LyX is broken. > > > Vincent May be. But this isn't an argument against copying. It's an hint how to do it right. The copying should be clever enough (on Windows) to avoid this scenario. Stephan
