On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dominik Böhm wrote: > > > Please do not use 1.6.0svn for any serious work. It is simply not ready. > > > > I have been using 1.6.0svn since 1,5 months for my diploma thesis and > > it has been working really great, yet. This program listing problem is > > the first "serious" problem that I am experiencing with 1.6.0svn. So, > > I would say for me is it ready, but maybe I am not using all the > > features. > > Nevertheless: It's a development version, and even if it's working rather > well > currently, it might be break and become unusable and eat your docs the next > hour, if some developer is in the mood (or has a bad day). So do not use it > for serious work such as a diploma thesis, unless you really think your > diploma thesis is worthless.
I am aware of the fact that there are risks involved using LyX for serious work. But rest assured that my files are safe: I use an SVN-server for my thesis and upload my work to the server twice a day. Thus, I might loose about 4 hours of it at maximum. Further I upload my files each time I update LyX to make sure that apparent bugs don't ruin my work. With other words I am well prepared for the day LyX stops working: I can switch back to my last version of LyX at any time. I know that there might also be changes in the LyX file format. If that happens and I won't be able to adapt my files to the new format, I will still be able to finish my thesis, as my current version works very well and I have to hand it in by the end of March. Due to the time frame stepping back to 1.5.4 is no option for me: there are already too many changes in the file format regarding the layout modules for example. Dominik
