Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-21 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Tue, 21 Feb 2006, Daniel Watkins wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > > Jean-Marc posted a bugzilla URL recently that displayed all 1.4.x bugs > > with patches. Are you familiar with the "patch" utility to apply a patch > > to your local copy of the repository? If not, holler :) > > I now have the

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-21 Thread Daniel Watkins
Angus Leeming wrote: > Jean-Marc posted a bugzilla URL recently that displayed all 1.4.x bugs > with patches. Are you familiar with the "patch" utility to apply a patch > to your local copy of the repository? If not, holler :) I now have the latest svn sources and have applied the patch to be test

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-21 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 07:17:05PM +, Daniel Watkins wrote: > Angus Leeming wrote: > > Jean-Marc posted a bugzilla URL recently that displayed all 1.4.x bugs > > with patches. Are you familiar with the "patch" utility to apply a patch > > to your local copy of the repository? If not, holler :)

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-21 Thread Daniel Watkins
Angus Leeming wrote: > Jean-Marc posted a bugzilla URL recently that displayed all 1.4.x bugs > with patches. Are you familiar with the "patch" utility to apply a patch > to your local copy of the repository? If not, holler :) I am. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with Subversion, so have nothing

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-20 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Michael Gerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | If you look for patches with target 1.4.0, you will find only 4 bugs. | One of them requires gcc 4.1, another one is trivial (restore banner), Which one requires gcc 4.1? | Lars, Jean-Marc, maybe you should list a few additional patches that | you are w

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-20 Thread Michael Gerz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've read that patches need testing but I don't know which patches these are, and where I could find a list of them. The patches people talk about might be available through bugzilla - or at least the should [1]. When someone refers to e.g. bug 2212 you can the bu

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-20 Thread christian . ridderstrom
On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Daniel Watkins wrote: > The crux of this message is this: > As a non-programmer, what can I do to help towards LyX 1.4.0 being released. Testing this would probably be very helpful. > I've read that patches need testing but I don't know which patches these > are, and where I

Re: Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Daniel Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Hey list, > I'm a non-programmer (well, I dabble in Python occasionally, but not enough > to be useful). Despite this, I want to see the release of LyX 1.4.0 as much > as anyone else (though I'll happily back up on that claim to save > grief ;) ). >

Non-Programmers Helping Towards LyX 1.4.0

2006-02-20 Thread Daniel Watkins
Hey list, I'm a non-programmer (well, I dabble in Python occasionally, but not enough to be useful). Despite this, I want to see the release of LyX 1.4.0 as much as anyone else (though I'll happily back up on that claim to save grief ;) ). The crux of this message is this: As a non-programmer, wha