Am 31.03.2018 um 19:37 schrieb Scott Kostyshak:
I've included something along these lines in the newest proposal for a
dialog.
Dear Developers,
yes, I take it personally that you cannot trust me as Windows developer
who has experiences with LyX under Windows for more than 10 years. I
gave LyX lectures to students and did a lot to help users over years.
I invested much time to write the details for interested people in the
LyX Wiki and our docs but not to molest average users. So what is your
problem? That I hide info from users? No, I just decide where I give
info. Or why do you think I created many different Wiki pages and expert
LyX documentation files?
I am sorry but I cannot understand not to release the Win installer just
for a dialog or not. Is this that important not to release our hard work
over months for LyX 2.3.0 for Windows users? Certainly not.
The situation is with a car: the majority just use it. They press the ON
button or turn a key to start the motor and drive to e.g. a supermarket.
They are not interested how the motor start is internally done or even
what is below the car hood. Their task is to drive to the market. But
what you want is that everybody should know what is under the hood. Why?
Why can't people just use things?
What I do with the installer, is providing a LyX that just works to be
able to focus on your task to write the text you want or have to write.
Please leave the expert point of view that users have to know background
things. This is not how it works in the Windows world. Or does the
LibreOffice Win installer bother you with background stuff? No, they
don't bother users but give all expert info on their Wiki pages - so
exactly as I do and did.
I am currently abroad (and will be the next 2 weeks) and cannot read all
mails you forwarded to me.
It is not very helpful to make a survey on a mailing list since, as I
explained, most users don't know or use mailing lists. Those who write
there have usually some background knowledge. But why does my installer
not have a special dialog - because average users won't understand it
because of lack of background knowledge.
If you cannot trust my expertise - and it seems so - then I can move my
installer to Github and announce it as separate program.
regards Uwe
