-Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 2)
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+Release of LyX version 2.0.0 (release candidate 1)
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-We are pleased to announce the second public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0.
+We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 2.0.0.
-Due to the many reports we received, support for polyglossia, XeTeX's new
-language interface and babel replacement, has been added. In the same vein
-we added basic and experimental support for LuaTeX as well.
+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.
-Smaller changes to be highlighted are:
-* better support for sub/superscripts
-* externally launched documents are now possible to load in an already
- running LyX instance
-* TikZ and PSTricks support in instant preview insets
-* context menu handling.
+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.
-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.
+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/
projects / lyx.git / blobdiff