[Pkg-lyx-devel] please pack lyx 1.6 beta (as experimental)

[G. Milde]

On 16.06.08, Per Olofsson wrote:
> Sven Hoexter wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 12:03:57AM +0200, G. Milde wrote:
> > 
> >> Would it be possible to pack the new 1.6 beta version for Debian and
> >> upload it to experimental?
> > I'm not sure if it's safe to do that. 
> Isn't that exactly what experimental is for, then?

This is my understanding of /experimental as well. After all, it is meant
for packages less /unstable!

> > At least beta2 had some potential to eat your data if I remember
> > correctly.

This why beta2 was not officially announced. The problem is said to be
fixed in beta3.

* as it is in Debian/experimental, no fear of "overwriting" the stable 1.5.5
  with a beta version.

> > Well that's exactly what happens. The current packaging doesn't allow
> > a parallel installation of 1.5 and 1.6. 

Sorry, I was not clear enaugh. I wanted to say that

- if 1.6 were put in /unstable, it would eventually replace 1.5.5 in
  testing as well and make the most recent stable LyX version (1.5.5)
  unavailable (as /stable is lagging behind).
  
- if 1.6 is put in /experimental, both /unstable and /testing
  continue to provide version 1.5.x making the use of /testing a
  (relatively) save option.

> And nobody should install anything from experimental without knowing
> what they're doing.

> So I think we should upload lyx 1.6 to experimental.

This would be nice. Announcing this on the lyx-users list would be even
better.

Günter