Op maandag 4 juli 2011 16:58:58 schreef Rainer M Krug: > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Cor Blom <corne...@solcon.nl> wrote: > > Op maandag 4 juli 2011 10:54:13 schreef Rainer M Krug: > > > On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Cor Blom <corne...@solcon.nl> wrote: > > > > I have setup a project called "lyx-unstable" in my home project, with > > > > two > > > > > > packages: lyx (this is a regular build from branch-2.0.x) and > > > > lyx-unstable (from trunk). The first is build without suffix and will > > > > replace the normal lyx installation (but the user will have to force > > > > this), > > > > > > I do not think that's a good idea - LyX installed by the system should > > > always be the last *released version*, and not BRANCH_2_0_X. > > > > Normal users should not use this repository, but stay with the package in > > Publising. This build from BRANCH_2_0_X is intended for testing, and the > > user > > can stay with it if he wants to live on edge, or he can easily revert to > > the > > released version in Publishung and ignore this repo (even if he has added > > it). > > I do not intend to add unreleased packages to the Publishing repo. > > > > > > the second is build > > > > with suffix "-unstable" and can be installed next to a normal and > > > > stable > > > > > > lyx. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do not think it usefull to give everything a different suffix (and > > > > it is pretty hard work to make everything installable next to each > > > > other > > > > on > > > > > > an rpm > > > > system), but I do think it usefull to be able to install trunk next > > > > to > > > > a > > > > > > stable version of lyx. > > > > > > That is something which should be discussed, but the reasoning was that > > > > in > > > > > the past, there were discussions about different file versions and > > > users having to compile from source with version suffix to have 1.6 > > > and 2.0 available simultaneously. > > > But if it is difficult on an rpm system, we could leave it for the > > > moment as it is? > > > > You cannot install (normally) two packages with the same name, so if I > > want to > > install different packages next to one another, I have to give them > > different > > names. It is possible though and not that much work, but the names of the > > packages won't be pretty. If there is demand for it, I can do it. > > I would suggest we just leave it for the moment, and as soon as the ppa is > up and running, we could see to make these two build services using > comparable naming rules and version suffixes.
After entering the instructions for installing the svn versions in the wiki and saw how compicated this became, I changed my mind. I now build both with own suffix and follow the suffestions in the thread over the ubuntu ppa: - lyx-2.0-svn for branch - lyx-2.1.svn for trunk Wiki is already updated. > > Cheers, > > Rainer > > > Cor
