Hello,
[Please let me know if this should have gone to lyx-devel instead.]
There's some discussion on a Debian mailing list (debian-french)
whether the Lyx package should be built against XForms 0.88 or
0.89. See also http://bugs.debian.org/105486
I couldn't find anything obvious on the lyx web page, but found
this in lyx-1.1.6fix2.tar.gz's README file:
: What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
:
: 2. The Xforms library version 0.88 (recommended) or 0.89.
:
: Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.
The INSTALL file says:
: As of LyX version 1.1.5, you will need to have Xforms library and header
: version 0.88 or 0.89. Version 0.88 is a stable release and the
: recommended version.
Now, libforms0.89 might be the development version, but 0.88 is
_quite_ old (29-05-1999 pour i386, 12-05-1999 for m68k), is
receiving _no_ bug fixes, and has only glibc2.0 releases for sparc
and m68k.
I'm pretty sure 0.89 was recommended for Lyx about 18 months ago.
Did the Lyx source code change to fit 0.88 better since then?
What should Debian do? (also considering the lack of XForms 0.88
for certain arches) Are there known problems using 0.89?
(Sorry, I couldn't find a bug list on the lyx web site)
Thanks very much,
Peter Galbraith, the Debian package maintainer for XForms.
