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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: [patch] final layout patches for branch
From:       Uwe_Stöhr <uwestoehr () web ! de>
Date:       2012-12-31 20:56:38
Message-ID: 50E1FC06.5060508 () web ! de
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Am 14.12.2012 08:29, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller:

> KOMA Script is an excellent example: It has an option
> version=<version> exactly to fit the criterium we put forward:
> backwards compatibility. In contrast to the moderncv author
> (apparently), Markus Kohm has a very good understanding of how
> important it is to not break your user's documents by new class
> versions.

But it also fails if you are using a KOMA version in your LaTeX distribution that does not know 
about a style that was added to a later version of KOMA. And that was what I was referring to. If 
you send someone your file created with e.g. KOMA version 2 but he has only KOMA version 1 he won't 
be able to compile it.
My example should demonstrate that backward compatibility has its limits.

However, don't get me wrong, of course we should try to keep the backward compatibility for 
versatile document classes. But I still don't get why I cannot add a style to a layout of a 
submission class where you nevertheless have to use in every case the latest package version to be 
able to submit.

regards Uwe
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