-We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 1).
+We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 2).
+We expect this to be the last release before 1.5.0, and until the
+first stable release only critical bugs and regressions will be
+addressed.
We encourage users to try this release candidate and report
any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
We encourage users to try this release candidate and report
any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
-The difference to the last beta release is due to bug fixes only,
-no new features are allowed at this stage of development. The only
-exception to this rule is the addition of Farsi as a supported language
-since the available patch was not integrated in the previous release.
+Compared with the first release candidate we have mostly fixed bugs
+and polished the graphical interface.
Compared with the latest stable release, this is the culmination of
one year of hard work, and we sincerely hope you will enjoy the
Compared with the latest stable release, this is the culmination of
one year of hard work, and we sincerely hope you will enjoy the
internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the
Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the
Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc1.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc1.tar.bz2
+ ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.bz2
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
As confusing as it is, two sets of installers are available to windows
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
As confusing as it is, two sets of installers are available to windows
-users: LyX-1.5.0rc1-Installer.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc1-Installer-bundle.exe and
-LyX-1.5.0rc1-AltInstaller.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc1-AltInstaller-Complete.exe.
+users: LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer-bundle.exe and
+LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller-Complete.exe.
The former is our official installer and the latter is previously known
as LyXWinInstaller. Please feel free to try either of them. Feedbacks
and bug reports on both installers are welcome because they will help
the merge of two installers, which is expected to happen during the
1.5.x series of LyX development.
The former is our official installer and the latter is previously known
as LyXWinInstaller. Please feel free to try either of them. Feedbacks
and bug reports on both installers are welcome because they will help
the merge of two installers, which is expected to happen during the
1.5.x series of LyX development.
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open
a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open
a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org