Am Mi., 13. Mai 2020 um 18:58 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck < rikih...@lyx.org>:
> On 5/13/20 7:04 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Thanks for sharing all these thoughts. > > Let me add my thanks, too. This is all old code and a bit of a mess, so > it certainly could use a re-write. > > > > If you can see better way how to organize the code and improve > readability > > that's generally good direction. > > > > If you decide for solution 1: > > > > - the most important point is your willingness to stay around for a while > > during 2.4.x series and actively fixing installer bugs which inevitably > > appear after rewrite. This might be sometimes tricky as users are > installing > > lyx on very different setups/windows versions etc. (i.e. the time for > coding > > per se is only half work you will spend on it at the end...) > Yes, definetly! > > > - You might want fork the current installer into completely new > directory so we > > have choice to easily switch back if things go wrong. > > I think that is an excellent suggestion. Put it in installer2/ or > something. > I actually had that thought too, so I'll do it that way. > > > - Any major rewrite better be finished before we start releasing 2.4 > betas so > > it gets proper testing. JMarc did not share any release plans yet, but > my > > sense is we are talking about couple months(?). > > That would be best, if possible. > I'll probably make it if the eta above is approximately correct. Alright, thanks for your feedback and support so far. Looks like I am on the right track with this. Eugene <http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-devel>
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