On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 11:54:26PM -0400, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 6/9/20 1:33 PM, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 07:15:22PM +0200, Yu Jin wrote: > >> Am Di., 9. Juni 2020 um 17:55 Uhr schrieb Enrico Forestieri <[email protected] > >>> : > >>> On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 03:29:29PM +0200, Yu Jin wrote: > >>>> Am Di., 9. Juni 2020 um 14:21 Uhr schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes < > >>>> [email protected]>: > >>>>> OTOH, for texlive, running configure.py is just wasting time if I > >>>>> understand correctly. And since a lot of packages are checked in > >>>>> configure.py just for this, we are talking about a lot of time, here. > >>>>> > >>>> I see, but don't we then save this time when LyX is started for the first > >>>> time? Otherwise configure.py would run there. > >>> I don't think so, because configure.py is run for the admin user at > >>> installation time. It will be run again when lyx is started by another > >>> user. > >>> > >> Agree for this case. > >> > >> > >>> Then, there is also the issue that, before running configure.py, the > >>> installer subverts the MikTeX settings by allowing to always install > >>> packages on the fly, irrespective of the choice made through the > >>> MikTeX console. > >>> > >> Are you sure? I have neither experienced this nor found anything related to > >> this in the NSIS code. Maybe this was the case with the bundle installer? > > Yes, I am sure. I have always been scared by that and didn't use the > > installer for years. I tried it again when it was built by Riki, but > > it was still like that. After using the installer I spent almost an hour > > finding and uninstalling a lot of packages I never use. > > Sorry about that! I tried to remove this but apparently failed.
No need to be sorry, Riki, I was aware of that and took the risk. Then, I think that the installer has to configured in such a way to make the average user experience good, not to satisfy the requirements of expert people. -- Enrico -- lyx-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-devel
