Re: LyX Windows Installer 4
On 09/30/2018 04:46 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > On 1/10/2018 5:44 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 9/30/18 1:52 AM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 29/09/2018 23:19, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 09/29/2018 04:58 PM, Daniel wrote: > On 29/09/2018 03:59, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> New version for testing here: >> >> http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ >> >> Hopefully solves both problems with the earlier version. Please see >> "Installer 3" thread, though, for some caveats. > Thanks. It did remove the old .exe but seems to still use the > unversioned user directory... Yes, I hadn't done anything about that, except to change configure.py so that it copies over information from the versioned one to the unversioned one. I'm working on it now. >>> It didn't copy my system. But maybe that was because I already had >>> both directories due to the previous install. >> >> Yes, that would have done it. But I've removed that code now, since we >> do use versioned directories, and only people unfortunate enough to have >> tested these installers will now have an unversioned user directory. >> >> That said, I guess it would be worth our having some routine that copied >> versioned user directories on major-release upgrades (e.g., copy >> "LyX2.2" to "LyX2.3"), as we do on OSX. The code I had written could >> easily be transformed to do that. You think I should do that? It >> probably that only benefits people when we release 2.4, whenever that >> is, but some late adopters of 2.3.x might benefit, too. (That would be >> in 2.3.2, I guess.) >> >> Riki > This has always been an issue with major upgrades on windows, > requiring manually transferring the contents of, e.g., the LyX2.2 > folders to the new and empty LyX2.3 folders. The automatic transfer of > the contents has been mentioned (wistfully) on the list before. OK, I'll modify what I had and probably post it here for testing. Riki
Re: LyX Windows Installer 4
On 1/10/2018 5:44 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 9/30/18 1:52 AM, Daniel wrote: On 29/09/2018 23:19, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 09/29/2018 04:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 29/09/2018 03:59, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: New version for testing here: http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ Hopefully solves both problems with the earlier version. Please see "Installer 3" thread, though, for some caveats. Thanks. It did remove the old .exe but seems to still use the unversioned user directory... Yes, I hadn't done anything about that, except to change configure.py so that it copies over information from the versioned one to the unversioned one. I'm working on it now. It didn't copy my system. But maybe that was because I already had both directories due to the previous install. Yes, that would have done it. But I've removed that code now, since we do use versioned directories, and only people unfortunate enough to have tested these installers will now have an unversioned user directory. That said, I guess it would be worth our having some routine that copied versioned user directories on major-release upgrades (e.g., copy "LyX2.2" to "LyX2.3"), as we do on OSX. The code I had written could easily be transformed to do that. You think I should do that? It probably that only benefits people when we release 2.4, whenever that is, but some late adopters of 2.3.x might benefit, too. (That would be in 2.3.2, I guess.) Riki This has always been an issue with major upgrades on windows, requiring manually transferring the contents of, e.g., the LyX2.2 folders to the new and empty LyX2.3 folders. The automatic transfer of the contents has been mentioned (wistfully) on the list before. Andrew --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: LyX Windows Installer 4
On 9/30/18 1:52 AM, Daniel wrote: > On 29/09/2018 23:19, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> On 09/29/2018 04:58 PM, Daniel wrote: >>> On 29/09/2018 03:59, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: New version for testing here: http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ Hopefully solves both problems with the earlier version. Please see "Installer 3" thread, though, for some caveats. >>> >>> Thanks. It did remove the old .exe but seems to still use the >>> unversioned user directory... >> >> Yes, I hadn't done anything about that, except to change configure.py so >> that it copies over >> information from the versioned one to the unversioned one. I'm working >> on it now. > > It didn't copy my system. But maybe that was because I already had > both directories due to the previous install. Yes, that would have done it. But I've removed that code now, since we do use versioned directories, and only people unfortunate enough to have tested these installers will now have an unversioned user directory. That said, I guess it would be worth our having some routine that copied versioned user directories on major-release upgrades (e.g., copy "LyX2.2" to "LyX2.3"), as we do on OSX. The code I had written could easily be transformed to do that. You think I should do that? It probably that only benefits people when we release 2.4, whenever that is, but some late adopters of 2.3.x might benefit, too. (That would be in 2.3.2, I guess.) Riki
Re: LyX Windows Installer 4
On 29/09/2018 23:19, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 09/29/2018 04:58 PM, Daniel wrote: On 29/09/2018 03:59, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: New version for testing here: http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ Hopefully solves both problems with the earlier version. Please see "Installer 3" thread, though, for some caveats. Thanks. It did remove the old .exe but seems to still use the unversioned user directory... Yes, I hadn't done anything about that, except to change configure.py so that it copies over information from the versioned one to the unversioned one. I'm working on it now. It didn't copy my system. But maybe that was because I already had both directories due to the previous install. Daniel
Re: LyX Windows Installer 4
On 09/29/2018 04:58 PM, Daniel wrote: > On 29/09/2018 03:59, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> New version for testing here: >> >> http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ >> >> Hopefully solves both problems with the earlier version. Please see >> "Installer 3" thread, though, for some caveats. > > Thanks. It did remove the old .exe but seems to still use the > unversioned user directory... Yes, I hadn't done anything about that, except to change configure.py so that it copies over information from the versioned one to the unversioned one. I'm working on it now. Riki
Re: LyX Windows Installer 4
On 29/09/2018 03:59, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: New version for testing here: http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/ Hopefully solves both problems with the earlier version. Please see "Installer 3" thread, though, for some caveats. Thanks. It did remove the old .exe but seems to still use the unversioned user directory... Daniel
