Baby steps towards more frequent major releases

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 03:55:38PM -0500, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 11/26/22 15:17, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > The last few years have been atypical, but even before then I think most
> > of us were in favor of more frequent major releases.
> 
> Yes, I think that would be a very good idea, though I do not know how much
> time I'll have to devote to LyX. It seems likely I'll be taking on a heavy
> administrative load in my department starting next year.

No problem. I'm more thinking about what I could do, although I'm not
committing to actually doing anything yet.

> > 4. I will try to work on the release scripts and automate as much as
> >     possible.
> 
> The script at development/tools/lyx-build is intended to produce a tarball
> with minimal intervention. It works in most cases, though I've occasionally
> seen bugs.

I'm thinking of automating as much as possible. e.g., maybe even
automating uploading and emails and whatever other steps.

> > 5. We should produce snapshot binaries (i.e., testing releases that
> >     aren't necessarily at a stage with criteria) more frequently.
> 
> I think lyx-build can do this for tarballs. It's just a matter of actually
> running it and posting the thing, then getting the binaries built.

Good to know! I'm not familiar with lyx-build.

Scott
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