On 2015-10-30, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: >> Ah makes sense. Regarding for example Ubuntu LTS, how should we state >> such a rule? If LyX has a major release on May 1st 2016 does that mean >> we can depend on the latest versions in Ubuntu 16.04? That does not feel >> correct. So then something like "6 months after an LTS release" ? >> Meaning if we have a major release on May 1st 2016 then we could still >> only depend on Ubuntu 14.04 but if the major release is November 1st >> 2016 then we could depend on Ubuntu 16.04?
> We should be able to reasonably run on the stable releases of > major distros like debian/ubuntu lts, centos, opensuse. > And be rather on the conservative side in doubts (personal opinion :). Agreed. > Stating more than that sounds like overkill. I still favour specifying a required TeXLive version based on these considerations. If we take the conservative route, this would be TeXLive 2012 that ships with the current CentOS (v. 7). Günter
