On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 03:33:01AM -0800, José Matos wrote: > On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 06:56:12 PM Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > Yes file format freeze is before RC. Feature freeze will be before beta. > > For discussion see: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20151022164521.GA4654%40cotopaxi > > .att.net > > > > Scott > > Hi Scott, > apologies for not answering before. > > Regarding the file format freeze I suggest it to be the release time. There > is > no gain from requiring the file format to be frozen after the rc stage, and > if > some change goes after rc that is because it was considered important enough > to warrant a nod from you. > > So I am suggesting that if some important fix, that involves a file format > change, is considered for inclusion after the first release candidate it > should still go on. Again I reiterate that this is for something that > yourself > regard as important. > > Another important criteria is that lyx2lyx code will be back-ported to lyx > 2.1.x (x==5 ?) just after 2.2.0 release so any rc-stage change to the file > format will not affect this. > > I have fought this battle before... :-) > > In the best case this is an academic discussion and no file format change > will > be necessary. :-) > -- > José Abílio
Hi José, Thanks for bringing this topic up. I am new as a release manager and also relatively new to LyX development so my ears are open. I agree with your reasoning and will be open to a file format change after RC if it fixes an important bug and if other developers agree. Scott
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