The README says
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How does the LyX version scheme work?
LyX uses a contiguous numbering scheme for versions, where a
number "1.x.y" indicates a stable release '1.x', fix level 'y'.
Prereleases are denoted with the suffix "pre" and there are
therefore three possible types of file names:
lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz -- stable release
lyx-1.5.5.tar.gz -- fifth maintenance release of LyX 1.5
lyx-1.5.0pre1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable test release
The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs,
and the file format will _never_ change due to a maintenance
release!
The goal here is not to have parallel development as for the
linux kernel (the team is too small to afford that), but rather
to include all the simple (so that the maintenance burden on us
is not too high) and safe (so that system administrators can
install them without fear) bug fixes. Experience shows that
these releases will contain a few new features, and that the
bulk of the patches will be documentation updates.
If you get the source from Subversion, the version string will
look like one of:
1.5.1svn -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
release 1.5.1 will eventually be tagged.
1.6.0svn -- this is the main branch on which stable
release 1.6.0 will eventually be tagged.
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Is -pre and -beta the same? Should the readme talk about -beta instead?
/Christian
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Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
