On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 01:21:17AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Am 07.10.2016 um 19:01 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:
> 
> OK, if all test are passed, we don't risk anything. the question is however,
> if this is really necessary. Setting a package to no or to automatic does
> not change anything since if it works when setting to no, it will also not
> be used wit automatic.

It is not a necessary change and I don't think the benefits would be
enormous. I do think that the small benefits would outweigh the very
small risks.

> So what is the benefit for the user

Users often use our examples and templates as the base of a new file. If
they do this and then try to use a feature of a package that we have
disabled, they will have problems and might not understand why.

> what for LyX and what for us documentation people?

For example, see the thread reported by Jean-Pierre here that was solved
by fixing the math options:
https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg196026.html

Scott

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