- like the Linux kernel. We are in the process of switching to a
- development model similar to that used by Fetchmail where we
- will only make small stable changes between releases and
- release more often. All future releases should be stable
- although we are currently in a transition period where some
- major changes have to be introduced and are likely to affect
- the stability in the short term.
-
- These changes include:
-
- * Use of C++ Standard Library features such as the Standard
- Template Library (STL), string and streams.
-
- * Establishing the foundations of GUI/system independence,
-
- * Rearrangement of the directory structure.
-
- Once the transition is over the 1.1 series should be very
- stable and we will then release 1.2.0. This new series will be
- in a state of continual advancement. Note the word
- "advancement" and not "development." Development will be
- occurring in branches of CVS and once the feature/modification
- has proved stable it will be merged into the main releases.
-
- LyX now uses a continuous numbering scheme where odd or
- even numbering is no longer significant. Prereleases are
+ like the Linux kernel. The idea was to to switch to a
+ development model similar to that used by Fetchmail where only
+ we would will only make small stable changes between releases
+ and release more often. This lead to the 1.1.x series of LyX
+ releases where the inhards of the program have been rewritten
+ to make use of the C++ Standard Library features, establish
+ the foundations of GUI/system independence, and generally
+ clean up the data structures used in the core of LyX.
+
+ As of April 2002, this transition phase is completed and we
+ feel it is time to switch to (yet) another version scheme.
+ This new series will be in a state of continual advancement.
+ Note the word "advancement" and not "development." Development
+ will be occurring in branches of CVS and once the
+ feature/modification has proved stable it will be merged into
+ the main releases.
+
+ LyX still uses a continuous numbering scheme where odd or
+ even numbering is not significant. Prereleases are