X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=56c0535792a125316be2ac63cdcc71fb02e91881;hb=4a75fe0310ac64a079edab0c07d8f8eebaf519c0;hp=b5d0fee753c63092b1e63c24112022e16be6bc23;hpb=f9d1837048272dba79f15045725f4e70e442a633;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index b5d0fee753..56c0535792 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,10 +1,9 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (alpha 2) -============================================= +Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 3) +========================================================= -We are pleased to announce the second alpha release of LyX 1.6.0 (the -first to be publicly announced). +We are pleased to announce the third release candidate of LyX 1.6.0. -LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 9 months of hard work since the +LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 14 months of hard work since the release of the LyX 1.5 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the result. @@ -12,8 +11,11 @@ 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 1.5.4). An updated list of +compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.6). An updated list of issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes @@ -41,34 +43,27 @@ http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. -You can download LyX 1.6.0alpha2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, +You can download LyX 1.6.0rc3 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, which yields smaller files): - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0alpha2.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0alpha2.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc3.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc3.tar.bz2 Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade -from version 1.5.4. +from version 1.5.6. Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows installers) should soon be available at - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/bin/1.6.0alpha2/ + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0alpha2, you may either +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0rc3, 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, +first check out http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). Enjoy! The LyX team. - - -What's new in version 1.6.0alpha2? ----------------------------- - -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16