New Windows Installers for Testing

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 6/9/20 7:51 AM, Yu Jin wrote:
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> Am Di., 9. Juni 2020 um 13:12 Uhr schrieb Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> <lasgouttes at lyx.org <mailto:lasgouttes at lyx.org>>:
>
>     We have to discuss whether running configure.py is necessary at
>     installation time. AFAIR, this is just a trick to make miktex install
>     all missing LaTeX packages (see the chkconfig.ltx part).
>
>     Is there any other use for doing it?
>
>
> Actually, if the user runs the installer as admin, then the packages
> will be installed as admin (in case the auto install for packages is
> allowed in MiKTeX preferences), which would not be the case if the
> installer wouldn't run configure.py and the user starts LyX after
> installation as user. So in this case it is worth running configure.py
> from the installer. In other cases it doesn't hurt too. Therefore I'd
> say we keep that functionality.

That seems reasonable. I also have some dim memory of Uwe having said
something similar.

Riki


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