On 04/05/2018 06:40 PM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Finally, please tell me why it is not sufficient that expert users can > read the release announcement to make certain MiKTeX settings if they > like before they use the Win installer and why we should instead > bother average users with a question that they cannot understand > instead and risk that these average users will end up with an > completely broken MiKTeX if they made the wrong decision in the dialog > they could not understand?!
First, there is no way that WE can break anyone's MiKTeX if they abort the install andwe don't do anything. If MiKTeX can be broken some other way, that's a bug in MiKTeX and not one we should be trying to fix via the LyX installer. On the question at issue..... Do people really read release announcements? I would be very uncomfortable putting anything I regarded as even slightly important just into a release announcement. Indeed,there are always tons of questions on lyx-users after a new release that are answered inthe release notes. So that seems like something close to proof that hardly anyone reads them. My real problemm, though, is that I simply do not understand why we can't have a dialog at the very beginning of the installation process that says something like this: =================================================================== Due to recent changes in MiKTeX (which LyX uses to produce PDF output), we will need to update your system to the latest version X.XX of MiKTeX during the installation of LyX 2.3.0. Some expert users, in particular those who use LaTeX outside of LyX, may wish to upgrade MiKTeX ontheir own or not do the update at this time. For most LyX users, however, this update needs to be done anyway, so for most users (especially those who do not use LaTeX outside LyX) it is both safe and appropriate to proceed with the installation. If you would like more information before continuing, please see http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX23OnWindows. If you do not wish to upgrade MiKTeX at this time, then you should cancel the installation now.Otherwise, let's go! [CANCEL INSTALLATION] [PROCEED WITH INSTALLATION] ==================================================================== Presumably, we can pop this dialog only for people who already have MiKTeX installed but who do not have the latest version. Do you honestly think that is too confusing for average users? Is it really too much trouble for us to create the mentioned page and let people make an informed decision for themselves? The page itself could direct people to lyx-users if they still aren't sure what to do. Sure, it's a little more work, and some people may be a bit confused for a while. But, to me, that is the price we pay to make sure that---to continue JMarc's medical example---we abide by the principle "Primum non nocere": First, Do No Harm [1]. Riki [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere
