On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Cor Blom <corne...@solcon.nl> wrote: >> I do not think that's a good idea - LyX installed by the system should >> always be the last *released version*, and not BRANCH_2_0_X. > > Normal users should not use this repository, but stay with the package in > Publising. > Does Publishing always provide latest stable LyX? Or is openSuse following a rigid model similar to Ubuntu's? Liviu
> This build from BRANCH_2_0_X is intended for testing, and the user > can stay with it if he wants to live on edge, or he can easily revert to the > released version in Publishung and ignore this repo (even if he has added it). > I do not intend to add unreleased packages to the Publishing repo. > >> >> > the second is build >> > with suffix "-unstable" and can be installed next to a normal and stable >> > lyx. >> > >> > >> > >> > I do not think it usefull to give everything a different suffix (and it >> > is pretty hard work to make everything installable next to each other on >> > an rpm >> > system), but I do think it usefull to be able to install trunk next to a >> > stable version of lyx. >> >> That is something which should be discussed, but the reasoning was that in >> the past, there were discussions about different file versions and users >> having to compile from source with version suffix to have 1.6 and 2.0 >> available simultaneously. >> But if it is difficult on an rpm system, we could leave it for the moment >> as it is? > > You cannot install (normally) two packages with the same name, so if I want to > install different packages next to one another, I have to give them different > names. It is possible though and not that much work, but the names of the > packages won't be pretty. If there is demand for it, I can do it. > > Cor > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
