On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 02:09:51AM +0000, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Dear LyXers, > > I just uploaded a new installer version 6: > http://ftp.lyx.de/LyXWinInstaller/LyX2.3.0/ > > The only change compared to the previous version is that the bundle > installer contains the latest miktex-basic installer. This fixes some bugs > for users installing LyX (with LaTeX) the first time. > I also updated the bundled ImageMagick version. > > The last days I spoke with some Win users and I think it is the right > decision how the installer is for LyX 2.3.0. The installer should focus on > average users that don't know about packages etc. Concepts like packages do > not exist under Windows and user should not be bothered with technical > details they don't understand. > > If some expert user is maybe not amused because he has not read the release > announcement and did not like to update its MiKTeX package handling, has the > knowledge to revert this or to use TeXLive. Experts who read the > announcement know what is meant by setting "never" to install packages in > the MiKTeX settings. > > So all in all the decision is to please the majority of users also for the > price that some expert users might not like that. > I stand to this decision after the long discussion we had here and because > of my experience during the last years. > > If the LyX community says that we must take care of every expert user not > reading the announcement for the price that average users without background > knowledge can sooner or later end up with a broken LaTeX and thus an > unusable LyX I can live with the fact that LyX might then not have an > official Windows installer. > > sorry and regards
Dear Uwe, Thank you for this detailed explanation. It's unfortunate that we have this disagreement on what is best for the users, but I appreciate that you have put a lot of thought into your decision and I know that you care a lot about the users. Regards, Scott
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