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-Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 3)
-==========================================
+Public release of LyX version 2.2.0
+========================================
 
-We are pleased to announce the third public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0.
+We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0.
 
-Except usual bugfixing we tried to address some performance issues
-during this cycle, in particular we touched the following areas:
-* exporting of longer documents
-* editing of documents with rich inset structure
-* editing with opened outliner.
+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.
 
-Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker and
-also note that this release is for testing purposes only. Users are
-encouraged to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work.
+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
 
-Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
+You can download LyX 2.2.0 from https://www.lyx.org/Download/.
 
-LyX 2.0.0 will be culmination of more than two years of hard work
-and you can find an overview of the new features here:
-http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
+For Windows users, if you installed a pre-release of LyX 2.2.0, you
+should uninstall that version before installing this newer release.
 
-If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.0.0, either e-mail the LyX
-developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open a bug
-report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
+We hope you will enjoy the result!
 
-If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
-documentation that comes with LyX and http://wiki.lyx.org.
-If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list
-(lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
+The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
+to the current stable releases (LyX 2.1.x). We strongly recommend that
+packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file.
 
-We hope you will enjoy the result!
+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.
+
+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 http://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX users'
+list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
 
 The LyX team.
 http://www.lyx.org