-#define LYX_RELEASE "Wed, Nov 24, 2000"
-/* This version string is intended to be used in files created by LyX */
-///
-#define LYX_DOCVERSION "LyX 1.1"
+extern char const * lyx_release_date;
+
+/// Package identifier (lyx[-<version-suffix>])
+extern char const * lyx_package;
+
+/// This is the version information shown by 'lyx -version'
+extern char const * lyx_version_info;
+
+//} // namespace lyx
+
+#endif