On 03/05/2018 03:18 PM, racoon wrote: > On 05.03.2018 20:16, Uwe Stöhr wrote: >> Am 05.03.2018 um 19:37 schrieb racoon: >> >>> However, it does not give the user a choice on whether to update >>> MiKTeX or not. >> >> Yes, that is correct and I explained now in several mails why and >> that there is no other option. > > Sorry, I have a bit of a hard time following the discussion. > > Why is forcing the user to make a choice between going ahead with the > setup and cancelling no option?
Uwe, even if LyX will not work without the updated installation, we CANNOT update the user's LaTeX installation without asking for permission---which means giving them the option to cancel the entire install. Otherwise, we can break things, as in the thread Scott posted. Richard
