LyX 2.3.5.1/2.3.5-1 Naming Inconsistency

Richard Kimberly Heck rikiheck at lyx.org
Wed Jun 17 15:15:22 UTC 2020


On 6/16/20 12:34 PM, Joel Kulesza wrote:
> LyX Developers,
>
> Recently, I was working with lyx-2.3.5.1.tar.gz (retrieved from
> http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/lyx/stable/2.3.x/).  
>
> The filename is 2.3.5.1 but extracts, by default (using tar -zxvf), to
> the directory lyx-2.3.5-1.  
>
> I know this is an abnormal situation/release, but this inconsistency
> makes scripted handling of the file inconvenient.  
>
> Should/can the filename and resulting directory be made consistent in
> the future?

It will be. This was just a screw-up on my part with the naming of the
binary. I changed the name of the tarball itself rather than ask
everyone to rebuild the binaries.

Riki




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