[Pkg-lyx-devel] Bug#452888: Bug#452888: lyx-qt obsolete?
Sven Hoexter
sven at timegate.de
Mon Nov 26 19:15:49 UTC 2007
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 01:49:37PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Package: lyx
> Version: 1.5.2-1
> Severity: minor
>
> I think the main lyx package now incorporates what used to be in
> lyx-qt, and the latter is obsolete. The latest upgrade deleted
> lyx-qt; there is no version of it in unstable; and
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lyx.html does not list it. Upstream
> changelog seems to show switch to Qt as the primary interface. But
> there is no clear indication of this in the Debian NEWS or changelog.
>
> If lyx-qt is supposed to be around, something is wrong--probably more
> than a minor issue.
>
> Otherwise, it would be helpful to document the death of lyx-qt
> explicitly, to save others from wondering what's going on. A
> changlog entry seems appropriate, and probably an entry in
> NEWS.Debian.
Good point. What I think is even more important is a hint that -xforms
is the part that's really dead.
I don't think that's information for people running testing but it's more
an issue for people working with stable and they will be hit by it somewhere
in an unforseable feature. ;)
Cheers,
Sven
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