Just an update for those who have not been following the other conversations, and also a question:
beta2 has been tagged, and the tars have been posted. We have not formally released it because we are still trying to make it so that it is possible to compile on Windows from the self-contained archive. There is a problem with extracting the tar on Windows, so I have just sent Uwe a zip file containing the same files that the tar contains. If the zip file extracts correctly and Uwe can compile for Windows, does this mean that we should release beta2 as long as we post the zip file and in the email announcement we recommend the zip file if compiling on Windows? Or because the tar has issues with being extracted on Windows, we must move to beta3 which hopefully (still not confirmed) would produce a tar that can be extracted correctly with the Windows build? A separate question is does it matter that the 'make lyxdist' command for beta2 did not produce the zip file that would be posted as beta2? It seems to me that although it is indicative of an inexperienced release manager, the best thing would be to move to beta3, and confirm with Uwe before posting the files that the archive can be extracted and that the Windows build succeeds. I don't have a strong opinion on this though. On a separate note, master branch is open. Depending on the above discussion we might move very soon to beta3, so please nothing non-trivial. Scott
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