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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ What do I need to run LyX?
 
     Either of :
     * a Unix-like system (including Windows with cygwin)
-    * Windows 98 or newer
+    * Windows 2000 or newer
     * Mac OS 10.2 or newer
 
     A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX for unix) not older
@@ -36,21 +36,22 @@ What do I need to run LyX?
 
 How does the LyX version scheme work?
 
-    LyX uses a continuous numbering scheme in which odd or
-    even numbering is not significant. Instead a number '1.x.y'
-    indicates stable release '1.x', fix level 'y'. Prereleases
-    are labeled with a "pre" suffix. Thus there are three possible
-    file names:
-
-       lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz       -- stable release
-       lyx-1.4.5.tar.gz       -- fifth maintenance release of the
-                                 1.4 stable release
-       lyx-1.4.0pre1.tar.gz   -- potentially unstable test release
-
-    The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs. The
-    goal here is not to have parallel development as for the linux
-    kernel (the team is too small to afford that), but rather to
-    include all the simple (so that the maintenance burden on us
+    LyX uses a contiguous numbering scheme for versions, where a
+    number "1.x.y" indicates a stable release '1.x', fix level 'y'.
+    Prereleases are denoted with the suffix "pre" and there are
+    therefore three possible types of file names:
+
+       lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz       -- stable release 
+       lyx-1.5.5.tar.gz       -- fifth maintenance release of LyX 1.5
+       lyx-1.5.0pre1.tar.gz   -- potentially unstable test release
+
+    The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs,
+    and the file format will _never_ change due to a maintenance
+    release! 
+
+    The goal here is not to have parallel development as for the
+    linux kernel (the team is too small to afford that), but rather
+    to include all the simple (so that the maintenance burden on us
     is not too high) and safe (so that system administrators can
     install them without fear) bug fixes.  Experience shows that
     these releases will contain a few new features, and that the
@@ -59,10 +60,10 @@ How does the LyX version scheme work?
     If you get the source from Subversion, the version string will
     look like one of:
 
-       1.4.1svn     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
-               release 1.4.1 will eventually be tagged.
-       1.5.0svn     -- this is the main branch on which stable
-               release 1.5.0 will eventually be tagged.
+       1.5.1svn     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
+               release 1.5.1 will eventually be tagged.
+       1.6.0svn     -- this is the main branch on which stable
+               release 1.6.0 will eventually be tagged.
 
 What's new?
 
@@ -75,10 +76,10 @@ How do I upgrade from an earlier LyX version?
 What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
 
     * A good C++ compiler.  Development is being done mainly with
-      gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.4.0, you need at
-      least gcc 3.x.
+      gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.5.0, you need at
+      least gcc 3.2.x.
 
-    * The Qt library, version 3.0 or newer.
+    * The Qt4 library, version 4.1.1 or newer.
 
     Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.
 
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ Does LyX have support for non-English speakers/writers/readers?
     right-to-left languages like Arabic or Hebrew. There is a port
     of LyX named CJK-LyX which adds support for Chinese, Korean
     and Japanese (http://cellular.phys.pusan.ac.kr/cjk.html)
+    [This support is being merged in lyx-1.5]
 
     Menus and error messages have been translated to 17 languages.
     For the status of the different translations, see