Am 05.03.2018 um 23:46 schrieb Richard Heck:
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.
What? So I should deliver a LyX installer leading to a broken LaTeX that can only be fixed by reinstalling MiKTeX? That cannot be the goal! Moreover, if users are really forced to reinstall MiKTeX they loose all personal settings, packages etc.
So what is preferable, a system that keeps all your personal settings, packages and that works of a broken system where you loose all personal settings?
I don't get your point. What is the problem of updating a package handling system? Under Linux you also have to do this if you want to be able to obtain packages in future. In this case it is even worse, whenever you you decide to update packages by yourself and invoke MiKTeX's update manually you break your package handling system. So also LyX 2.2.3 users can get a broken system even without installing LyX. But the consequence is that they then cannot user LyX anymore.
regards Uwe
