Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >>> I feel we are beginning on a slippery slope now... ok to support >>> windows if only minimal changes are needed... but now we see more and >>> more changes needed to support this. >>> >>> I am not sure that I am really happy about this "progress" >> > | Let me try and reassure you then. If you look at the code base, you'll > | find minimal evidence of any pollution. Why don you think I've taken a > | month to gradually merge Ruurd's changes into the repository rather > | than just commit the thing in its original state? > > So far it has been stuff that makes LyX more portable. A good thing. > But now we are also beginning to much with the build system.
As I see it, you do not need to worry about this either. Asger is not proposing to muck with the existing build system at all. He's proposing to add an entirely separate one. Moreover, he appears to be talking about adding a maximum of one or two files to the root directory of the repository. Given that the reposititory currently contains 4309 files, I don't think that is any problem at all ;-) > As much as I'd like Asger to work on LyX again I am not sure these > changes (depends completely how they evolve) are worth it in the long > run. My view? We've gone so far to make this bloody thing 'portable'. We should go the extra mile to prove that it actually is portable and not just 'portable'. Otherwise, who are we trying to kid? > I just wanted to "flag" my growing concerns. LOL. Don't worry, Lars, I'm on your side here. (Ok, ok, that might well be something you were worried might happen ;-) -- Angus
