[Pkg-lyx-devel] Re: debian/NEWS

[Sven Hoexter]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2006 at 06:46:01PM +0200, Per Olofsson wrote:
> debian/NEWS currently contains:
> 
>   * Since version 1.4.2, LyX no longer creates a global configuration file
>     with the '/usr/share/lyx/configure' script. Hence the update-lyxrc script
>     no longer provides the "--system" switch to update the global lyxrc file.
>     If you have a ~/.lyx directory you can still use "update-lyxrc --user",
>     run "cd ~/.lyx && /usr/share/lyx/configure.py" by hand or use
>     Tools->Reconfigure from LyX's menu.
>     A global configuration will be read from '/usr/share/lyx/lyxrc.defaults'
>     (provided by the LyX developers) and from '/usr/share/lyx/lyxrc.dist'
>     (distribution specific). In the Debian package '/usr/share/lyx/lyxrc.dist'
>     is a symlink to '/etc/lyxrc'.
> 
> This is a rather long message. Is it really necessary? Did people use
> update-lyxrc before this version? Didn't they just use
> Tools->Reconfigure? If only few people ran update-lyxrc as root then I
> think we might as well drop this message.
I'd ship it with 1.4.2 in this form and remove it with 1.4.3 because it's
no longer news then. ;)

Sven
-- 
If you won't forgive me the rest of my life
Let me apologize while I'm still alive
I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes
  [Less than Jake - Rest Of My Life]