LyX 2.4.0

[Richard Kimberly Heck]

On 12/2/21 21:18, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 04:48:14PM -0500, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> Things got a bit crazy again, but I now should have a bit of time. Where do
>> people think we stand with 2.4.0? I've seen a bit of activity in the
>> interim. Do we need to do one more alpha? Or should we proceed directly to
>> beta 1?
>>
>> What if anything needs to be done before we move to whatever the next stage
>> is?
> First of all, thanks Riki for trying to push this forward.
>
> Here are a few items I would like to see in 2.4.0:
>
> 1. Reverting the behavior that changes a missing child from an error to
>     a warning (you can see discussion here:
>     https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210416164324.gnegtimfws37hhma%40tallinn).
>     If I remember correctly, it's not just a simple revert, although I
>     forgot the details. In any case, I just need to find time to work on
>     it and revert it and run through a variety of situations.
>
> 2. I would also like to look at a couple of Daniel's patches. He's done
>     so much work and I'd like to find time to at least review, test, and
>     commit a couple that I'm capable of understanding.

Agreed.


> 3. LyX's configure should not assume 'python' command exists.
>     (https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20210215004347.vha7nygqpd6g5h5q%40tallinn)

I've asked Pavel to create a wiki to-do list. Or you can do it. ;-) All 
such things can be added.

This last one seems very important, actually.

Riki