-Public release of LyX version 2.2.0alpha1
+Public release of LyX version 2.2.0
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-We are proud to announce the the first public alpha release of the new LyX 2.2
-series.
+We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0.
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 2.2.0alpha1 is the culmination of a year and a half of hard work. An overview of
-the new features can be found here:
+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
-You can download LyX 2.2.0alpha1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/.
+You can download LyX 2.2.0 from https://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!
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
+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.