if you want a smaller binary.
-Note for Subversion (SVN) checkouts
+Note for Git checkouts
-----------------------------
-If you have checked this out from Subversion, you need to have:
+If you have checked this out from Git, you need to have:
* automake >= 1.8
* autoconf >= 2.59c
* gettext >= 0.16.1
as. Otherwise, LyX will not be able to run a number of tests. Note
that users can run these tests manually with Tools>Reconfigure.
- o Python 2.3 or newer installed to be able to import older LyX files
+ o Python 2.4 or newer must be installed. Python is used for many
+ simple tasks that are executed by external scripts, such as the
+ automatic configuration step and the import of older LyX documents
with the lyx2lyx script (this script is called automatically when
opening a file). Python 3.0 or later is not supported.