On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 09:36:14AM -0500, David L. Johnson wrote: > I don't know about Ubuntu, but debian-etch comes with LyX 1.4.3 now, so there > is really no need to make your own package. It might also be not a great idea > to distribute it, since that might not be compatible with the official one > in terms of dependencies. Let's take a look at the Ubuntu package listing: http://tinyurl.com/wj737 So the latest release 'feisty' is up to date. The 'edgy' release has a backport avaible. The only 'problematic' case is the LTS (Long Term Support) release 'dapper'. It's a little bit problematic because there where some more intrusive changes in the Debian python policy which also effect Ubuntu. Those changes need to be reverted if you want to backport something to the Dapper release.
> Does Ubuntu come in various levels of "cutting-edge"-ness like pure debian > does? Maybe there is already a package there you could use. For everything that is not 'LTS' they've a very short ttl and so they only fetch new packages for the latest release they're working on. >From my perspective (without experience in using it) it's looking like bigger mess than what Debian/unstable is from time to time. Regarding the backports for Ubuntus LTS release 'dapper' I've demonstrated how to do it with the 1.4.2 packages from the 'edgy' release. ftp://hxt.homelinux.org/foobuntu/ It's nearly the same for the 1.4.3 package from 'feisty' but I'm not going to maintain such things. It's just meant as an example to maybe encourage someone who's actually using Ubuntu to work on it to improve the situation. Cheers, Sven -- If you won't forgive me the rest of my life Let me apologize while I'm still alive I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes [Less than Jake - Rest Of My Life]
