Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2005 23:32 schrieb Mike Meyer: > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bo Peng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > > The last question is that whether or not the developers are required, > > or willing, to please these 'ignorant' windows users.... > > It doesn't matter whether or not they are willing - they are neither > required nor necessary. > > Most of the tools involved are freely redistributable. So use the > Linux model: Let the LyX developers keep doing what they are doing, > while third parties bundle LyX with other tools to create a complete > bundled application. This works for Linux and for Python; it ought to > work for LyX.
Excellent suggestion. I neither need nor want a full installer, and would not like if the already scare resources are put into developing one instead of squashing real bugs. If somebody volunteers to create one - fine. But don't underestimate the effort: The existing installer required quite a lot of work from several people (read the list archives). And please be aware of the possibility of bugs: We had the last lyx2lyx problem report that was in reality a problem of a stripped down python only on Thursday. Georg
