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Explain why we do not update the local layout

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We do not update the local layout of our .lyx 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 convert layouts to older layout formats.
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@ -649,6 +649,25 @@ python development/tools/updatelayouts.py
. .
\end_layout \end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that we do not update the local layout of our
\begin_inset Flex Code
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\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 support converting layouts to older
layout formats, as we do for the .lyx file format.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection \begin_layout Subsection
Updating the file format number of bind/ui files Updating the file format number of bind/ui files
\end_layout \end_layout