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[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <1602145@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do not know much about Ubuntu policies, but I can add my grain of salt
as a LyX developer.

1/ it would be very important to get at least LyX 2.1.5 in 16.04LTS,
since the last stable version is updated to be able to read file from
the next series.

2/ similarly 18.04 should at least upgrade to 2.2.4.

4/ Although we missed the train for 18.04 release, it would be very nice
to update 18.04 to LyX 2.3.1, especially since the LTS is here to stay
and 2.3 will be the current format for the next two years (by
experience).

I understand this comment is vaguely off topic, but I do not really know
who is "in charge" of this package and how we should  proceed. Note that
neither 2.1.5 nor 2.2.4 are packaged in Debian.

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Title:
  [needs-packaging] LyX version 2.2.x should go into LTS (maybe
  backported?)

Status in lyx package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  As the LyX file format is often not compatible between different versions, and the 2.2.x release does not only bring several new features but also several fixes for crashs (see also bug #1595358), it would be nice to get LyX 2.2.x into the LTS version so that companies and universities with LTS installations can use the up to date, stable version.
  Additionally the LyX team announced, that the 2.1.5 will be the last in the 2.1.x series, so further changes to LyX file formats would soon not be supported/readable in Ubuntu any more, until 2021.

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