On 2019-06-25, Michael Roitzsch wrote: >> I paused a bit at first due to the remark from Günter: >> > I remember that some people complained because of delays when >> > symlinks point to removable media or "the cloud". So there might be >> > no "one setting fits all" approach.
>> But now I think that the TeX is supposed to search everywhere in these >> directories anyway, so we should do the same IMO. Günter, do you >> agree? > I understand the concern, but I do feel the same way. TeX will scan > these directories as well. And on the LyX side, I understand that the > scan result is cached, so it will not be a continuous burden. The difference is, that TeX runs in the background. OTOH, the concern I remember reading in this list some years ago was about LyX startup times (if I remember right). If the proposed change only affects (re)configuring, I have no objections. Günter
