[Pkg-lyx-devel] LyX 2.0.8 in stable?

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 18/11/2014 16:30, Per Olofsson a écrit :
> Den 2014-11-18 15:09, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes skrev:
>> We had a bug report on LyX lists from a wheezy user who is currently
>> running LyX 2.0.3. While I understand why stable does not use 2.1.2, I
>> am wondering whether debian policies would allow to upgrade stable to
>> the latest LyX stable branch.
>>
>> Is this not permitted, or is it rather that you prefer to concentrate
>> your work on the testing branch?
>
> In general it is not permitted, no.
>
> Some packages have exceptions (e.g. Firefox/Iceweasel) because it's
> impossible to provide security updates otherwise. There is also a
> backports repository where you can upload newer versions of packages
> built for the stable release.

Thanks for the answer, this is what I thought the answer would be :( In 
the case of LyX, this is not good news, since we try hard to have a 
stable branch which is actually stable.

And would you consider proposing LyX 2.0.8 or even 2.1.2 in the 
backports directory for stable?

Thanks for your quick answer.
JMarc