On 05/09/2018 11:18 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: >> 2018-05-06 19:50 GMT+02:00 Richard Kimberly Heck: >> >>> I'm intending to close stable to string changes shortly, so we can move >>> toward 2.3.1. We have a LOT of bug fixes already. Anything that needs >>> doing before we notify the translators? >>> >> Any plans how to proceed with the Windows binaries? > If Uwe definitively decided that no compromise is possible (I haven't seen > such > final announcement yet though) and intends to fork the installer to github we > could simply state on the web that due to lack of manpower we do not offer > official win installer any more and invite potential contributors to pick up > the code & rebuild it. Sooner or later someone will pop up. > > If that sounds too harsh we could abandon the installer for the moment and > publish just lyx binaries/lyx tree in zip archive and let interested users > install the rest of the chain. That would take some initial effort but once > done, should be easy to maintain for the subsequent stable releases.
I am working on this. I've managed to compile for Windows using mingw on Linux (amazingly easy, actually) but have not dealt with the packaging issues yet. Fortunately, someone who reported a bug to us seems as if they may have done so and is giving me some help. Riki
