On Thursday 14 January 2010 01:46:04 Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > I think it is time to finalize the next major LyX release. Pavel today > posted the first related issue - the version number. (I don't have a > strong opinion but as this version includes less new stuff than 1.6, we > should perhaps name it 1.7.) > > The important issue is the roadmap: > > - I would like to release a pre-release of current trunk in a few days if > I'm allowed to. Doing this has been proven suitable in the last 2 release > cycles.
As it was discussed here in this thread if this is the first release then let us call what it really is alpha-1. > - about6 weeks after this release we should release a feature-complete beta > version. Honestly 6 weeks seems too soon for beta if the previous release are of use here. I am not objecting to the stabilization stage that you implying, only to the short term. > - In my opinion LyX 1.7(2.0) is feature complete, except of one issue: > One goal of LyX 1.7 was to overhaul the table handling. Thanks to our joint > work this goal is reached, except of multirows. (Looking at my personal > documents, I use multirows and multicolumns just as frequently and it > always annoyed me that we only support multicolumns.) I'm working on a > patch since a week without real success because I don't understand all the > cryptic part of the table code. It would be nice if somebody can help me a > bit. (In principle implementing multirows is easier than multicolumns > since we don't need to assure a defined row height.) > > - Richard, your HTML export has made big steps forward. Can you estimate > how log it will take to be ready for a beta-release of LyX 1.7? > > - Are there other missing features that you are working on and that you > want to have in LyX 1.7 before a beta release? > > ------------ > > In 2009 there was no developer meeting. We should have on in 2010. I can > try to organize something in Freiburg/Germany (Jürgen and I live there). > Freiburg is in the middle of Europe, is linked to the high speed trains > ICE (direct line Amsterdam/Köln/Berlin - Frankfurt - Basel - Zürich) and > TGV (via Strasbourg) and there are 3 airports in the region (Basel, Zürich > and Strasbourg). I'm sure that our university will support us with > Internet access and rooms for the meeting, but the accommodation might be > a problem (my flat is too small). However, I think I will find a cheap > solution if I can estimate the number of participants and the moth the > meeting will take place. Jürgen, what do you think, will you have time? That would be super. :-) > regards Uwe -- José Abílio
