+\begin_layout Standard
+Note that we do not update the local layout of our
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+.lyx
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ files because users would then not be able to export to older formats.
+ For example, if a 2.2.0 user exported a template to 2.1.x format and tried
+ to open the file in LyX 2.1.x, there would be an error because the file would
+ contain a local layout whose format is too new.
+ The root reason for this is that we do not support converting layouts to
+ older layout formats, as we do for the
+\begin_inset Flex Code
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+.lyx
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ file format.
+\end_layout
+