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[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <1303688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have finally uploaded the three patches that are distributed with versions 2.0.7, 2.0.8 and 2.0.8.1
Note that these patches are not intended to be applied as such. They rather intended to be perused. We make no claim that they can be used to upgrade an existing source tree.

I would therefore propose to use directly lyx-2.0.8.1.tar.gz as full
source tree.

I am not really aware of ubuntu way of handling this. Since trusty still ships LyX 2.0.6, the 3 patches are necessary to update LyX. The two big advantages I see are
- a very nasty data loss bug fixed in 2.0.7
- the ability to read LyX 2.1.x files (LyX 2.1.3 is shipped with vivid right now)

I suspect that the information I attached is not enough for the SRU
process. Please ask me of any information that would be useful.

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Title:
  SRU bug-fix microrelease 2.0.8.1 in Trusty

Status in lyx package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  According to the SRU policy,
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#New_upstream_microreleases,
  a microrelease could be candidate for an SRU as long as it is a bug-
  fix release.

  Upstream developers do provide maintenance releases for lyx as 2.0.x.

  Announcement of 2.0.8.1 http://www.lyx.org/announce/2_0_8_1.txt:

  We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 2.0.8.1. This release
  differs from the 2.0.8 release only by incorporating some improvements
  to the lyx2lyx conversion and reversion scripts. There are no changes
  to the main code.

  LyX 2.0.8 was the eighth and final maintenance release in the 2.0.x
  series, the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version even
  more reliable and stable. We fixed a number of bugs and made a number
  of improvements since 2.0.7.

  The main "feature" of LyX 2.0.8 is the ability to read and write LyX
  files in the 2.1.x format. Users who do not wish to upgrade to 2.1.0,
  which is being released simultaneously, are encouraged to upgrade to
  2.0.8.

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  Announcement of 2.0.7 http://www.lyx.org/announce/2_0_7.txt:

  LyX 2.0.7 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version
  even more reliable and stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made
  a number of improvements.

  The most important bug was #8854, which could lead to file corruption
  in certain cases and, more often, would lead to errors in generated
  files (e.g., PDFs). We encourage all LyX users to upgrade to this
  version.

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