Uwe Stöhr wrote:
Joost Verburg wrote:
The new Windows installer scripts are designed to provide both a web
installer that automatically downloads components like MiKTeX and well
as a bundled installer with those components included.
Sounds good! I assume that you found an adequate possibility to update
LyX when a new version comes out. This feature is the most often
requested one in my mailbox. I wish I had have some time the last months
to test your installer.
Indeed, it is possible to update LyX without downloading other
components again.
I think it has about all features of your LyxWinInstaller and even more.
Did you use my code basis to achieve this? I mean there are lots of
adjustments to fix problems with older versions of installed third party
programs.
I've written the new installer from scratch but did look at the existing
installers.
The detection methods for external components check for registry as well
as existing files. If for some reason an external component cannot be
found, the user can locate it manually.
If there is anything missing, please let me know. I don't think it's a
good idea to create two different installers again. Why not have one
official installer for 1.4.2?
Because I didn't have time to merge my code with yours and the latest
changes are not yet stable enough as MiKTeX 2.5 is still a beta: I
started the MiKTeX-LyX adjustment process in february and Christian
Schenk (the MiKTeX author) included some features following my
suggestions to MiKTeX. I tested these with my installer infrastructure.
Now that the features are implemented, I want to use them in the next
installer version - I promised this, but this could of course not be the
reason for my plan.
Once MikTeX 2.5 is out it can be included in the installer. It's also
possible to release a new 1.4.2 installer.
Of course I only want one official installer and we agreed that it would
be yours, although I haven't seen it yet ;-).
My installer has grown in the last 9 months and is now very stable. Some
universities and nowadays also some small companies are using it and
they want a version for that I can guaratee that it works on different
systems and for that I can give support. The support is a problem I
wasn't aware of. I assume it needs at least two months until I could
give support for the merged installer, so I decided to publish my
installer independently from yours for LyX 1.4.2. (If there are not too
much problems with the new python configure scripts - I've also not
found the time to test them.).
Supporting two different installers takes a lot of time. If there is
only one official installer everything will become a lot easier.
Regards,
Joost
