Old windows compilation instructions on wiki

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 09:39:35AM +0200, David Belius wrote:
> Den lör 9 maj 2020 kl 22:33 skrev Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org>:
> 
> > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 07:59:59PM +0200, David Belius wrote:
> > > Ah, I had tried previously, but misread the login page of the wiki as
> > > saying I should ask on the list to get the password to be able to edit. I
> > > have now updated the page. Sorry for the noise.
> >
> > Thanks for updating the page, David! By the way, I'm curious which
> > version did you compile? A release or did you by chance test current
> > 2.3.x or master branch? We are always hoping to get more testers on
> > Windows since we don't have many developers using Windows so it is easy
> > for a Windows-specific issue to slip through the cracks.
> >
> >
> I didn't really pay attention to what branch I cloned, but when I run my
> compiled file and go to "About LyX" I see:
> 
> LyX Version 2.4.0dev
> 
> (Saturday, 24 February 2018)
> 
> 
> What version would it be most helpful if I compiled for testing? Honestly
> I'll probably not have time to do much, but I can keep it at the back of my
> mind in case I find some time.

You are using the current master development version. This is the
bleeding edge not-well tested code of LyX. It is great for us if you
want to test on master, but you will likely run into bugs, possibly some
serious ones.

In any case, thanks for testing!

Best,

Scott
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