On Friday 22 February 2008 03:18, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > How much backward compatibility? Here's my belief:
> >
> > Age of tools when distro is created: 6 months
> > Age of distro when installed: 4 months
> > Time between distro upgrades 24 months
> > -------------
> > Desireable backward compatibility: 34 months
>
> Just for your info: LyX-1.5.0 came out Jul 31 2007 and Qt4.1.0 came out
> Aug 19 2005. So we had approximately 2 years backward compatibility at
> the time 1.5.0 went out.
>
> > Dependencies aren't fun for anyone. By going back a little farther with
> > backward compatibility, especially on packages that are completely
> > interwoven with large numbers of programs in the distribution, the
> > application developer can make it much easier on the user who needs the
> > features of the newer program (in my case, outline view).
>
> Then you might want to go straight to 1.6.0svn:
> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16#toc26
>
> WARNING: 1.6.0 will require Qt4.2.0 which was out Oct 04 2006. So it
> looks like we will have less than two years this time. But, before you
> ask, the switch to 4.2 enabled us to remove a lot of hacks and work
> around in the code and also to bring in some new goodies (see link
> above). At the time 1.6.0 will be out, Qt4.4 will already be out so
> requiring Qt4.2 is not too demanding IMO.
>
> Abdel.
Looks to me like Mandriva 2008 comes with
qt4-common-4.3.1-12mdv2008.0.i586.rpm, so that shouldn't be a problem for me,
at any rate. I'll just upgrade Mandriva when I want LyX 1.6.
Thanks
SteveT
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Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
