Hi Guys, In the old days we had the Friday rule for fight... you should restore the tradition :-)
Cheers, Abdel On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 7:23 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have kept calm in this debate until now, but since this is getting more > and more ridiculous, here is my position. > > I think (and I actually propose herewith) that we should release LyX 2.3.0 > now, without the Windows installer. > > It is unacceptable that one single developer holds up a major release > while refusing to accept (1) the majority position (actually, the position > of _any_ other developer besides himself) and (2) even the release > manager's decision. > > It seems clear that Uwe holds the view that he is the only person who > knows what Windows users want and need, and how the installer has to look > like. I am sure he has reasons to believe this, but under this condition, I > do not consider the Windows installer a part of this community project, > since a community project requires that developers accept (1) and (2) > above. Since this is an open source (and GPLed) software, Uwe is free to > release "his" installer somewhere else, in the shape and form he consider > "right", and he does not need to bother with our "unqualified" arguments. > > With all due respect to Uwe as a person and as a developer. But we cannot > proceed like this. > > Jürgen >
