-Public release of LyX version 2.0.0
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+Public release of LyX version 2.2.0
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-We are proud to announce the public release of LyX 2.0.0.
+We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0.
-With this release, LyX celebrates 15 years of existence, and we start
-a new family of 2.x releases to acknowledge LyX's passing from a child
-to an adult. We hope you will celebrate this anniversary with us.
+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 2.0.0 is the culmination of two and half years of hard work. This
-release begins a new series of 2.0.x which will incrementally improve its
-stability as the time passes.
+LyX 2.2.0 is the culmination of two years of hard work. An overview
+of the new features can be found here:
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22
-An overview of the new features can be found here:
- http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
+You can download LyX 2.2.0 from https://www.lyx.org/Download/.
-You can download LyX 2.0.0 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.
+For Windows users, if you installed a pre-release of LyX 2.2.0, you
+should uninstall that version before installing this newer release.
We hope you will enjoy the result!
-The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
-to the current stable releases (LyX 1.6.x). We strongly recommend that
+The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
+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 2.0.0, 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.
+As with any major release, this one comes with a lot of new features but
+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.
If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
-documentation that comes with LyX (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you
-will find at http://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX users'
+documentation that comes with LyX (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you
+will find at http://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX users'
list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
The LyX team.
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