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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Where is the standard  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?installerf=FCr_Lyx_?=
From:       Joost Verburg <joostverburg () users ! sourceforge ! net>
Date:       2009-03-30 20:55:04
Message-ID: gqrbit$tt9$1 () ger ! gmane ! org
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Christian Ridderström wrote:
>>>  I changed the download section of www.lyx.org so that we now only 
>>> refer to
>>>  the ftp site and not to special filenames. This prevents further 
>>> problems
>>>  when an installer is not available or a bug was fixed in the 
>>> installer so
>>>  that there is a new filename for it. OK with you Jürgen?
>>>
>> I wouldn't do that.. some people might be scared off by presenting a 
>> list of files with rather cryptic names and not knowing which one to 
>> choose.
>>
>> They must just have a button or link saying: Lyx for windows.
> 
> Could we use some clever way to automatically let the web/wiki figure 
> out which package is the latest?

We never had this problem before, because the page is updated after the 
files are uploaded to the FTP. But somehow the file did not appear on 
the FTP server for anonymous users and Jürgen probably didn't realize 
that when he updated the page.

I don't think the change is a good idea. We agreed before that there 
should be a link to the standard installer for users who don't know 
about the differences between the installers. Experienced LyX users can 
click the FTP link and choose which package they prefer.

Joost

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