-Public release of LyX version 2.1.0
+Public release of LyX version 2.2.0alpha2
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-We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.0.
+We are proud to announce the second public alpha release of the new LyX 2.2
+series.
-With this release, LyX celebrates 18 years of existence. The 2.1 series
+With this release, LyX celebrates 20 years of existence. The 2.2 series
has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series.
-LyX 2.1.0 is the culmination of three years of hard work. An overview
-of the new features can be found here:
- http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX21
+LyX 2.2.0alpha2 is the culmination of a year and a half of hard work. An overview of
+the new features can be found here:
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22
-You can download LyX 2.1.0 from http://www.lyx.org/Download.
+You can download LyX 2.2.0alpha2 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/.
We hope you will enjoy the result!
The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
-to the current stable releases (LyX 2.0.x). We strongly recommend that
+to the current stable releases (LyX 2.1.x). We strongly recommend that
packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file.
As with any major release, this one comes with lot of new features but
-also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.1.0, either
+also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.0, either
email the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome.