Even if we add an option "Surpass the LaTeX package installation" what
do you expect a new user who has never worked with LaTeX nor know what
LaTeX is will do?
"Surpass"? A nice combination of "bypass" and "suppress".
Yeah.. cool huh.
The reason why I don't accept this installer now is that:
- the installer installs LyX in a folder called: LyX 2.0.4 instead of
LyX20 as the current official
installer does. I really don't see a single reason to change this
behaviour;
There is also no reason not to change the name of the folder. I already
also explained that we can easily change the name to somewhat else but
need the info about the bugfix release. If is perfectly valid to install
LyX 2.0.4 and leave 2.0.3 as backup and some users do this (e.g. if they
write a large document like a thesis).
I find the "LyX 2.0.4" naming useful. For example, when LyX moved from
2.0.1 to 2.0.2 it brought problems on my system: "sticky" scrolling,
and memory leakage which caused a number of crashes, and I needed to
revert to 2.0.1. I like to be able to install the latest version side
by side with the previous one until I'm comfortable that it works
properly. I've just installed 2.0.4 beside 2.0.3.
There is no other software I know where I do this. Besides, there is a
difference between "to be able to install side-by-side" and "to install
side-by-side by default".
- this means that you have to manually uninstall the previous version
each time;
> - this also means that you have to manually uninstall the previous
version _before_ installing
> the new version;
No. If this is necessary for you, you find a bug in the installer. It
must be allowed to install LyX 2.0.4 to a system where already LyX 2.0.3
exists.
I've had no problems uninstalling afterwards. Just to check, I've
uninstalled 2.0.3 *after* installing 2.0.4. No problems (the only
thing to remember is *not* to uninstall preferences). I've then
reinstalled 2.0.3 beside 2.0.4, again without problems.
Well, last time I tried, the lyx file format was no longer connected to
LyX after uninstalling an old LyX version after installing the new one.
Besides, IIRC the uninstall of preferences is the default. So, there is
a substantial percentage of users that lose their preferences etc.
- you still insist on installing the LyX shortcut in a subfolder in
the start menu. Your reply that
this was much easier if you want to manually reorder the start menu,
but this is totally non-sense;
This is not nonsense. On my Win XP PC I have about 120 programs
installed. You would get crazy if you cannot sort them. Only one program
(Inkscape) does not store the link in a subfolder.
But anyway, why is such a nitpick that important for you?
I find it convenient to be able to see the version number of a program
in the start menu, which the current installation of LyX provides.
The above discussion had nothing to do with the version number. Anyway,
there are hardly any other applications showing the full version numbers
including the minor and revision version numbers.
Andrew
Vincent
