On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <sp...@lyx.org> wrote: >> for e.g. IJMP and ACM submissions. I'm sure that users will accept that and >> it would be strange if they insist using a older LyX version if a newer one >> is out fixing several bugs. > > I'm not sure about that. Adding one or two new layouts is OK, but a > major change is not, IMHO, unless you provide the old file for > compatibility. > Personally I'm rather uneasy about LyX shipping a layout file that works only with the latest version of the modernCV class. The trouble is that Linux distros usually lag for ages before shipping updated versions to their users (and on Linux by default users cannot easily update individual classes). Shipping the latest one and the old, one for compatibility, should work though.
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