Am 29.01.2016 um 22:46 schrieb Georg Baum:
There are cases where users do not need the latest version. We had this
discussion several times now, and I am not entering it again.
That there are cases where the old version can still be used it not the
point, the point is that there are cases where it cannot. And there we
must act.
Using a versioned layout as proposed in the old discussions requires less
work and provides better results. Also, it is possible to backport new
styles to the stable branch, see section 2.6 of Development.lyx, so if a
class does not change too much the layout files can be adapted even in a
stable version.
I was arguing against this but the majority decided to go that way. But
nothing happened. We now have the situation again:
- our AGUTeX support is useless
- our ACM siggraph support is useless in LyX 2.1.x
I don't know the timetable of LyX 2.1.5 and 2.2.0 but our users out
there who need e.g. to send a paper to an ACM conference can currently
not use LyX to do this. What does it help him if we release a fixed
version in e.g. a month? Nothing. As result he will have to switch to
the Word template -> one user lost to our competitor
Therefore we should consider to publish updated layout files at lyx.org
as standalone file and announce them in the news. The user can then
download the layout and use it immediately - no matter when we release a
new LyX.
regards Uwe
