John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > I could try suggesting on ubuntu-devel-discuss that lyx would be a > good candidate for more frequent releases. Something like:
i think the real issue is that there is really nobody who cares about lyx package, not that the info about needed lyx update is missing. there were many parallel reports about 1.6.5 thing in ubuntu bugzilla and nobody cares. > "Ubuntu doesn't officially support packages in universe, but upstream > developers often support Ubuntu, even adding workarounds to Ubuntu > specific bugs. afaik not true. >It is then frustrating for them to get the same bug > reports over and over since the version in Ubuntu is frozen for six > months. I suggest that Ubuntu offer to sync packages for certain > upstream projects upon request from upsteam. LyX would be a good > candidate: i guess this goes against their stabilizing policy. again someone with real power is needed to recognize the critical bug and bumps new version, i.e. package maintainer. pavel
