FYI, as IIRC list won’t let non-members send messages. Recent versions of BibDesk should already handle this correctly, right?
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Richard Koch <k...@uoregon.edu> > Subject: Lazy MacTeX Request > Date: February 14, 2016 at 22:05:03 PST > To: <pie...@chachatelier.fr>, <bibdesk-develop-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net>, > "Maxwell, Adam R" <adam.maxw...@pnnl.gov> > Cc: Herbert Schulz <he...@wideopenwest.com> > > Folks, > > I maintain MacTeX, used to install TeX Live on OS X. We are just starting > to construct the 2016 version. > > I’m writing you because you are associated with one of the GUI programs > we install: BibDesk, LaTeXiT, TeX Live Utility, TeXShop. Thanks for allowing > us to use your work! > > In 2015 at the last moment, we were forced to move the link to the binaries > from /usr/texbin to /Library/TeX/texbin. MacTeX installed both links > on versions of OS X prior to El Capitan, and only the second link on versions > of OS X starting with El Capitan. That’s also what will happen this year. > > There wasn’t time to modify GUI apps. Users upgrading to El Capitan > don’t read our web pages. Instead they install, try TeX and discover > that it doesn’t work, and write us. The support team is exhausted. > > It is important to fix this in 2016. I’ve been very lazy and didn’t try out > current versions of any of the apps to see if they automatically > reconfigure. It appears that some of you already fixed the problem. > Could you confirm that you have fixed things, or if not, estimate > when a new version will be available? > > Here are the key situations: > > A user installs TeX for the first time on El Capitan. > The app should configure itself to use /Library/TeX/texbin > > A user installed TeX on an earlier system, and later updates > to El Capitan. The app should recognize the change and > reconfigure itself to use /Library/TeX/texbin > if that link exists. > > Developers have two philosophies. Some make changes automatically > without notifying the user. Others believe the user should always have > control, so they put up a dialog suggesting a change, explain the > reason, and allow the user to accept or reject the change. Both > are acceptable to us. Please say briefly which approach you use. > > There is a third situation: > > A user has a version of TeX Live made before 2015 > on an older operating system. They update to El Capitan > and discover that TeX no longer works. But your App > cannot reconfigure because the link /Library/TeX/texbin > does not exist. > > We cannot request that you fix this for MacTeX, because users installing > MacTeX will get the new link. But it could reduce your support problems, > and possibly ours as well, if your app put up a dialog in this situation > explaining > the problem and possible fix. Installing MacTeX or BasicTeX 2015 or 2016 > is one fix. Another is to write the link directly, as Herbert Schulz explains > in > documentation on the MacTeX pages: > > http://tug.org/mactex/UpdatingForElCapitan.pdf > > Dick Koch > k...@uoregon.edu > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
