Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 06.12.2012 21:21, schrieb Georg Baum: > >> Definitely. One big advantage of LyX is that you do not need to think if >> you switch between minor point releases. > > But who does this? > Have you have downgraded your LyX from e.g. 1.6.8 back to 1.6.3? That > doesn't make sense to me.
Others explained already why this is a quite common case (not downgrading, but using several machines with different minor versions). >>> We already discussed this topic several times. It is impossible to >>> provide backward compatibility for layouts. >> >> This is not true. > > Sorry, but we have. This is a misunderstanding. I know that there have been discussions. I meant your statement "It is impossible to provide backward compatibility for layouts." Georg