Am 04.04.2014 13:47, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:
I do not see the need to raise a fundamental discussion about LyX 2.1 release
at this point.
Well, we only release a major version ever 2 - 3 years. So we should take the time to bring it to a
shape that we can advertise it. For example if there is e.g. an issue with the installation, press
people don't give a program a good review. The same is with incomplete translations.
I started this thread for various reasons, one of the main reason is that I miss a concept for LyX
and the 2.1 release. What is our plan for advertisement, when do we think it is a good time to
release, who of the press people do we ant to inform, what do we think is our market
scientific-only, schools, business usage, .... According to our decision we can develop a small
campaign.
Look e.g at LibreOffice. I like their campaigns and this is how I found their program. Another good
example are the Calligra people. Because of their press campaign I noticed Krita, which I now use
instead of Gimp. They got reviews in many popular computer webpages.
Besides the strategy I find it more than fair to give the translators time to get their things in
before the release. Sure one can do this also for 2.1.1 but imagine how do they would feel. And
waiting some weeks for user feedback is never an issue. Our file format is now fix but what is if a
user encounters a bug in this regard. In the last release we had some lyx2lyx bugs that were first
reported after the release of 2.0.0 as far as I remember. That should be avoided. We tested lyx2lyx
as best as we can but getting more feedback - and if it is that no lyxl2yx bug occurs - the better
it is.
However, I have seen that the release was already postponed.
> Also, I think it is the release manager's job to fix the release date
That is too simple. The release date matters. For example in Germany the semester just has begun so
if we advertise LyX for students this is a bad time - the mail boxes of student organizations are
full and from my time at the University the beginning of a semester was the most stressy time. In
these days one does not try out a new LyX. What about school organizations? - Easter holidays just
have begun. What about press? - it's Easter time. What about companies? - it's Easter time. I mean
every country has its own specialties and with a strategy who we want to address and how we will
find a suitable release date.
regards Uwe
