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(Get the code!)
I have just been bitten by this bug, and I think it deserves more attention. I would argue that this should be fixed, and installing lyx should pull in epstopdf automatically (require it).
The reason is simple: EPS is the standard format for including graphics, PDF is the standard output format for LyX (using pdflatex as a backend), and I guess we all agree that including graphics is an important function of LyX. Without epstopdf, it just does not work correctly, so much so that it is essentially useless. In my book, that ticks all the boxes for being a requirement.
I also have to say that even after installing it, I had to fiddle with LyX for a while to get it right. A simple reconfigure did not do the job for some reason (even after I deleted an old manual conversion entry). All the more reason to get it right from the beginning.