Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-10 Thread Joost Verburg
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Branches for the installer is not a bad solution. Then I'll just upload the installer to the current location and we'll have a different branch for 1.4 and 1.5. I want to finish this now. Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-10 Thread Joost Verburg
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Branches for the installer is not a bad solution. Then I'll just upload the installer to the current location and we'll have a different branch for 1.4 and 1.5. I want to finish this now. Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-09 Thread Joost Verburg
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: Joost Verburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Bo Peng wrote: | 1. upload lyx win installer to svn/winInstaller (parallel to | www-devel) That would be svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/winInstaller then. | 2. upload patches to various external programs (with readme) | 3. upload

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-09 Thread Michael Gerz
Joost Verburg wrote: Bo Peng wrote: Are you going to upload sources or patches of aspell etc? It is better to put the installer in the trunk, since a branch sounds temporary to me. Then, we'd better only keep patches to external programs. If the installer works for both 1.4.x and 1.5.x, the

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-09 Thread Joost Verburg
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Bo Peng wrote: | > 1. upload lyx win installer to svn/winInstaller (parallel to | > www-devel) That would be svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/winInstaller then. | > 2. upload patches to various external programs (with readme) | > 3.

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-09 Thread Michael Gerz
Joost Verburg wrote: Bo Peng wrote: Are you going to upload sources or patches of aspell etc? It is better to put the installer in the trunk, since a branch sounds temporary to me. Then, we'd better only keep patches to external programs. If the installer works for both 1.4.x and 1.5.x, the

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Joost Verburg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: | Bo Peng wrote: | 1. upload lyx win installer to svn/winInstaller (parallel to | www-devel) That would be svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/winInstaller then. | 2. upload patches to various external programs (with readme) | 3. upload modified binaries to

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-08 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Bo Peng wrote: | > 1. upload lyx win installer to svn/winInstaller (parallel to | > www-devel) That would be svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/winInstaller then. | > 2. upload patches to various external programs (with readme) | > 3. upload modified binaries to

LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Hello, I'm currently working on a package with the source code of the new Windows installer including the required utilities (modified versions of Aspell, Aiksaurus, Dvipost, DTL, Bakoma fonts etc.). This will make it a lot easier to compile the installer package and create a stable Windows

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
I'm currently working on a package with the source code of the new Windows installer including the required utilities (modified versions of Aspell, Aiksaurus, Dvipost, DTL, Bakoma fonts etc.). This will make it a lot easier to compile the installer package and create a stable Windows version of

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: Are you going to upload sources or patches of aspell etc? It is better to put the installer in the trunk, since a branch sounds temporary to me. Then, we'd better only keep patches to external programs. If the installer works for both 1.4.x and 1.5.x, the top directory (parellel

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Joost Verburg wrote: Bo Peng wrote: Are you going to upload sources or patches of aspell etc? It is better to put the installer in the trunk, since a branch sounds temporary to me. Then, we'd better only keep patches to external programs. If the installer works for both 1.4.x and 1.5.x, the top

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
I think it's better to upload the complete source of Aspell etc. instead of just a patch. This will allow the whole package to be compiled at once without having to download and patch a large number of tools. Of course it will also be in this separate directory. Is there a compiler issue for

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: It will be good enough if you convince them to put the needed windows binaries in SVN. But even that is far from sure. Why binaries in SVN instead of source code? Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: Is there a compiler issue for aspell etc? I heard that you have to have Peter's patch for aspell/cvs to use msvc. This is unfortunate since msvc will generate smaller and potentially faster binary files... The 1.4 releases will use MinGW. For future 1.5 releases I will try to

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
I wish you good luck convincing the big guns. Pragmatism is an insult in this list. It will be good enough if you convince them to put the needed windows binaries in SVN. But even that is far from sure. We can do patch, source and binary of external programs. They are in an increasing order of

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Joost Verburg wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: It will be good enough if you convince them to put the needed windows binaries in SVN. But even that is far from sure. Why binaries in SVN instead of source code? Because it is not the job of LyX to maintain other project source code, so they

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: My suggestion? patches and binaries. We have the best of both ends. Binaries on the FTP server and patches in SVN is also fine with me. Then the remaining question is whether to maintain identical installers in branch and trunk or have a separate directory. Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
Because it is not the job of LyX to maintain other project source code, so they say. Exactly, also because it is difficult to keep them up to date. What if aspell has a new release? The binaries (including headers and libs like your Aspell package) should be compatible for all version of

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
Binaries on the FTP server and patches in SVN is also fine with me. This is what I just proposed. Then the remaining question is whether to maintain identical installers in branch and trunk or have a separate directory. Which ever is easier for you. Bo

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: 1. upload lyx win installer to svn/winInstaller (parallel to www-devel) 2. upload patches to various external programs (with readme) 3. upload modified binaries to devel.lyx.org/contrib or /winInstaller. I agree. Lars, is this SVN directory OK? Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Bo Peng wrote: Because it is not the job of LyX to maintain other project source code, so they say. Exactly, also because it is difficult to keep them up to date. What if aspell has a new release? Aspell releases are not frequent at all. Same for Aiksaurus (2003), etc. If that is the case

LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Hello, I'm currently working on a package with the source code of the new Windows installer including the required utilities (modified versions of Aspell, Aiksaurus, Dvipost, DTL, Bakoma fonts etc.). This will make it a lot easier to compile the installer package and create a stable Windows

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
I'm currently working on a package with the source code of the new Windows installer including the required utilities (modified versions of Aspell, Aiksaurus, Dvipost, DTL, Bakoma fonts etc.). This will make it a lot easier to compile the installer package and create a stable Windows version of

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: Are you going to upload sources or patches of aspell etc? It is better to put the installer in the trunk, since a branch sounds temporary to me. Then, we'd better only keep patches to external programs. If the installer works for both 1.4.x and 1.5.x, the top directory (parellel

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Joost Verburg wrote: Bo Peng wrote: Are you going to upload sources or patches of aspell etc? It is better to put the installer in the trunk, since a branch sounds temporary to me. Then, we'd better only keep patches to external programs. If the installer works for both 1.4.x and 1.5.x, the top

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
I think it's better to upload the complete source of Aspell etc. instead of just a patch. This will allow the whole package to be compiled at once without having to download and patch a large number of tools. Of course it will also be in this separate directory. Is there a compiler issue for

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Abdelrazak Younes wrote: It will be good enough if you convince them to put the needed windows binaries in SVN. But even that is far from sure. Why binaries in SVN instead of source code? Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: Is there a compiler issue for aspell etc? I heard that you have to have Peter's patch for aspell/cvs to use msvc. This is unfortunate since msvc will generate smaller and potentially faster binary files... The 1.4 releases will use MinGW. For future 1.5 releases I will try to

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
I wish you good luck convincing the big guns. "Pragmatism" is an insult in this list. It will be good enough if you convince them to put the needed windows binaries in SVN. But even that is far from sure. We can do patch, source and binary of external programs. They are in an increasing order

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Joost Verburg wrote: Abdelrazak Younes wrote: It will be good enough if you convince them to put the needed windows binaries in SVN. But even that is far from sure. Why binaries in SVN instead of source code? Because it is not the job of LyX to maintain other project source code, so they

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: My suggestion? patches and binaries. We have the best of both ends. Binaries on the FTP server and patches in SVN is also fine with me. Then the remaining question is whether to maintain identical installers in branch and trunk or have a separate directory. Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
Because it is not the job of LyX to maintain other project source code, so they say. Exactly, also because it is difficult to keep them up to date. What if aspell has a new release? The binaries (including headers and libs like your Aspell package) should be compatible for all version of

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Bo Peng
Binaries on the FTP server and patches in SVN is also fine with me. This is what I just proposed. Then the remaining question is whether to maintain identical installers in branch and trunk or have a separate directory. Which ever is easier for you. Bo

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Joost Verburg
Bo Peng wrote: 1. upload lyx win installer to svn/winInstaller (parallel to www-devel) 2. upload patches to various external programs (with readme) 3. upload modified binaries to devel.lyx.org/contrib or /winInstaller. I agree. Lars, is this SVN directory OK? Joost

Re: LyX for Windows Packaging

2006-07-07 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Bo Peng wrote: Because it is not the job of LyX to maintain other project source code, so they say. Exactly, also because it is difficult to keep them up to date. What if aspell has a new release? Aspell releases are not frequent at all. Same for Aiksaurus (2003), etc. If that is the case