X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=20f99e963079836df5cc62b1ecbdcca84263fb7e;hb=97ed7ded05b0eaf505aae79feeddaa21016b207f;hp=d979a6182114292c321d76b99acd95c782d1b021;hpb=c602ab1524edde58be147671f5e2c9b530cc06ce;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index d979a61821..20f99e9630 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,69 +1,52 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 1) -============================================= - -We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 1.6.0. - -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. - -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. - -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 - -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 - - -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: - - 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. - - 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. - - 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! +Public release of LyX version 2.4.0alpha1 +========================================= + +We are proud to announce the first preview release of the new LyX 2.4 +series. This preview release is meant for testing and should not be used for +serious work. For curious users who would like to test in order to help catch +bugs before the 2.4.0 release, please back up all of your documents and be +prepared for the worst to happen. Most users (who desire a stable LyX version) +should not use this pre-release. + +The 2.4 series has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable +series. An overview of the new features can be found here: + + https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX24 + +Especially we would like to receive feedback for the newly introduced Docbook +export before we release it as a stable feature. + +You can download LyX 2.4.0alpha1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ or +from a mirror listed at https://www.lyx.org/Download#toc11. + +We appreciate your help in testing this pre-release! + +If a file from an earlier version of LyX is opened *and saved* with +any version of 2.4.x, then the original file will automatically be +backed up. The backup file will be found in the backup directory, if one +is set under Tools> Preferences> Paths, or else in the same folder as +the original file, if no backup directory is set. The filename of the +backup file will be: + ORIGNAME-lyxformat-NUM.lyx~ +where NUM is the LyX format number of the original file. In the case of +2.3.x file, this will be 544, but in the case of older files it will be +different. + +The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared +to the current stable releases (LyX 2.3.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 a lot of new features but +also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.4.0alpha1, either +email the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), +or open a bug report at https://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. +Please specify if the behavior you are reporting is different from behavior +in a previous LyX version. + +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 https://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX users' +list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). The LyX team. +https://www.lyx.org