lyx

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 04:32:35PM +0200, Patrick Dupre wrote:
> There is a new version of lyx which has not been included in the last
> updates of fedora.
> Are there some plans to get it soon, or should I install it by myself?

In general, there are several ways of finding the answer to
this kind of question.

First, look in Bodhi, our updates system, for pending updates. Check
<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/search/lyx>, and here we see that
in fact lyx-2.1.2 is in updates-testing for F19 and F20.

You can enable the updates-testing repo temporarily and install this
package:

   yum install lyx --enablerepo=updates-testing

to try it out. Or you can wait for it to get out of the testing phase. (And
if you do try it, you can help others by adding a + or - comment to the
update in Bodhi.)

Second, if no update is pending, take a look in bugzilla for bugs like this
one: <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060470> — maybe there's a
reason.

Third, you can check Koji, our build system:
<http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=2479>. Fedora's
updates policy asks for maintainers to be cautious about putting big updates
which change the UI or significantly alter functionality into stable
releases, so it may be that the newer package is destined only for the next
Fedora release.

Finally, you can contact the package maintainers and see what their plans
are. (Offers of help are often welcome if you are technically inclined and
familiar with the package in question — even if you're not a packager, you
can test.) You can find the maintainers in the package db web app, like
<https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/package/lyx/>.

 
-- 
Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader