On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 12:26:35AM +0000, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 02.03.2018 um 20:59 schrieb Richard Heck: > > > I don't know a lot about Windows, but let me just ask: Do we really want > > to force people to upgrade some other package when they install LyX? > > As I wrote in a previous post, the thing is that MiKTeX released in February > a new package handling system. In order to be able to set up LyX the LyX > installer needs to use this new system and therefore MiKTeX needs to be > updated.
I have a similar concern to Richard (and a similar disclaimer that I don't know much about Windows). Even if what you put is the case, I would prefer for the LyX installer to just give an error such as "Cannot install LyX without the newest version of MiKTeX. Please update your MiKTeX installation as follows: ..." I know it is not user-friendly, but forcing updates is also not friendly. Scott
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