-Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 1)
-=============================================
+Release of LyX version 2.0.0 (release candidate 1)
+==================================================
-We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 1.6.0.
+We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 2.0.0.
-LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 12 months of hard work since the
-release of the LyX 1.5 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the
-result.
+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.
-As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly
-visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
-some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
+Except usual bugfixing..
-The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
-http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
+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.
-The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release
-compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.5). An updated list of
-issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
+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.
-In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what
-http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject:
+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:
+http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
- LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
- based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
- is released under a Free Software / Open Source license.
+If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.0.0, either e-mail the LyX
+developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open a bug
+report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
- LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great,
- right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting
- details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with page
- boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's legendary
- TeX typesetting engine makes you look good.
+If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
+documentation that comes with LyX and http://wiki.lyx.org.
+If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list
+(lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
- On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output -- or
- richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks like
- nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs, all
- looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably
- different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes 'eating'
- your dissertation the evening before going to press.
-
- LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully
- internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the
- Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
-
-You can download LyX 1.6.0rc1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
-which yields smaller files):
-
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc1.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc1.tar.bz2
-
-Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade
-from version 1.5.5.
-
-Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
-installers) should soon be available at
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/devel/
-
-If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0rc1, you may either
-e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open
-a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
-
-If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question,
-first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find the answer there,
-e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
-
-Enjoy!
+We hope you will enjoy the result!
The LyX team.
+http://www.lyx.org