-Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 4)
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+Release of LyX version 2.0.0 (release candidate 1)
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-We are pleased to announce the fourth public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0.
+We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 2.0.0.
-Except usual bugfixing we fixed random crashes connected with the
-new background export and compilation feature.
-Since this is most probably the last beta release we also added
-convertor for old (1.6) preference files which are automatically
-checked on the startup now.
+Since the last beta releases became stable enough for a regular work
+we switched to release candidate, freezed new development and focused
+on bugfixing to make the final release even more polished.
-Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker and
-also note that this release is for testing purposes only. Users are
-encouraged to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work.
+The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
+to the current stable releases (LyX 1.6). We strongly recommend to read
+this file for packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions.
+
+As with any major release we come with lot of new features but also
+bugs -- so while we encourage curious users to test this release, people
+who rely on solid and stable application should stay with 1.6 releases.
+Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker.
Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
-Note that windows installers might not appear for this release.
LyX 2.0.0 will be culmination of more than two years of hard work
and you can find an overview of the new features here:
projects / lyx.git / blobdiff