On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgout...@lyx.org>wrote:
> Le 24/06/2011 14:26, Rainer M Krug a écrit : > > In this scheme we would be mixing releases with daily builds, which I >> think is not a good idea. Also: a beta tester might not be interested in >> the daily builds. Especially, I would not mix the daily trunk builds >> with anything else more stable - if somebody want's to test the daily >> trunk, then they have to install a separate ppa - additional security >> measure. >> >> What about >> 1) putting daily trunc builds in own ppa >> 2) take daily BRANCH_2_0_X builds out of lyx-stable and add to >> lyx-devel, together with alpha and betas when available? >> 3) have a lyx-release ppa with final releases >> > > My problem is to separate two kind of users: > > * people who want a version of lyx safe with their documents (lyx releases, > branch daily builds). This is the ppa we can recommend to everybody. > OK - if the developers feel comfortable with recommending the use of branch daily builds, then this makes definitely sense. > * people who are willing to take risks and want to try new features (alpha, > beta, trunk). > I just think that a beta tester (even an alpha tester) is not nearly as adventurous as a daily build trunk user. So if we are talking about types of users, I would possibly add the trunc user as a third category which would mean a third ppa. Rainer > > This distinction is IMO more important than real versions version vs. > daily. > > JMarc > -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Stellenbosch University South Africa Tel : +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +33 - (0)6 85 62 59 98 Fax (F): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 Fax (D): +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug
