Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> So my plan is to use the 2.3.0 installer also as repair kit.

Yes, this was kind of clear and pretty much everyone on this list thinks that
we should not do such things hiddenly without advertising.

I agree that the language of the dialog can be a problem. But there is no rush
and if you can't stand for the version with english dialog, we can advertise
the installer once you get the translations you need and are happy with the
state of the installer.


Generally speaking - apart from your mom, which might indeed be better served
without additional info, there is also crowd of people who go mad when software
contain hidden "kits" which were nowhere mentioned. 
One never knows what the rest of MikTeX is used on the system and I do not buy
that because of people who are technically less capable, we should abandon the
people, who _are_ capable to comprehend what "forced update of MikTeX" means.

If we are not friendly to such users, we will hardly get new Windows developers,
who recruit from the more capable ones.


Anyway, I hope we can still make some compromise here. I think Scott is trying
hard to help and come up with some message which would be comprehensible to an
average user and your input would be surely welcome.

Alse we can always add something like "If you don't know what the message above
exactly means you probably want to press 'Yes'" as I sometimes saw on other
installers. 

For the rest of the day,
Pavel

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