2.4.0 for Debian stable

[Pavel Sanda]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2024 at 08:23:49PM +0200, Saša Janiška wrote:
> However, Lyx's 2.4.0 release is exceptional and I wonder if there is
> some repository with 2.4.0 backported to Bookworm?

I have provisional agreement with debian maintainer that 2.4 will be
sooner or later backported to bookworm. But we were not aggresive
about timing so if you are no in hurry it will land, but probably
after 2.4.1. But maybe I can push a little.

> I have a need to  bump soe packages and/or re-build them using
> different configuration options, but not sure how much work would be
> required to backport Lyx....

It's quite trivial to build lyx 2.4 locally in debian:
https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnDebian#toc5

(essentially you need apt build-dep lyx to get compilation deps right).

If you strive for docbook/epub, your deps from bookworm won't be correct
though and you'll need couple more commands to get it right.

Pavel