Layout file format change proposal

[José Matos]

On Wed, 2024-03-27 at 11:02 -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> Cool idea, Lorenzo! There have been some discussions in the past on
> using standard formats, even for the .lyx file itself. I can see the
> advantages of that but I don't know what the cost of converting to
> them
> is.
> 
> Scott

Typical answer to this:
https://xkcd.com/927/

:-)

It makes sense for us to use a standard format.
Some of the questions then are:
 * which one is chosen (what is the most appropriate for our needs)?
 * what the are advantages and drawbacks from this change?
 * what is the transition plan?
 * what is the effort required for this transition?

Best regards,
-- 
José Abílio