[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think the important question is how/if the file format might change from > 1.4-alpha to 1.4-proper. LyX is *very* highly regarded in my mind because > I've rarely (if ever!) lost data using it. As a user, *I* wouldn't worry > too much about spurious crashes and missing features, *if* I can feel > confident that what I create with the alpha version will be usable through > the beta version up 'til the proper version.
I see no problem here. Even if we discover another bug that needs a format change, we have lyx2lyx, which will support conversion in both directions. > I suppose that a binary release would be too much work to support, but > from my use of the pmwiki engine (where new updates appear once or twice a > week), I've found it very convenient to simply use 'cvs update'. Kayvan builds LyX twice a day already. The problem of binary releases is that they are tied to specific lib and compiler versions. Georg
