Jose,
let me summarize Georg's patch list:
- bugs in bugzilla with the fileformat keyword (can only be fixed in a
major release)
- esint (more or less finished)
- nomencl (finished)
- xymatrix (almost working implementation)
- image cache (works well; needs lyxrc options)
- navigation across child documents (stable; potential performance issues)
I think we should consider at least a few of these issues. Georg has
done a lot of good things for LyX and I think it is time to show our
gratitude. If he needs these features for his thesis, we should take
care of them. (After all, if the work was done in past, it does not
really violate the feature freeze, does it? :-) )
I don't think a quick release is that important. If you would do this alpha
release, and then add a phase of two or three weeks of fixing known bugs
that are already in 1.4 (and of course all that appear in the alpha
release), then this delay will be very worthwhile. I would imagine that
not only safe fixes are allowed in this phase, but also some mildly risky
ones. After that phase the rules would be stricter.
The alpha release should come quickly such that people stay focused.
However, there should be multiple pre-releases. We need time to address
all open bugs. What's wrong with a new pre-release every two weeks?
Michael
