X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=da074d5c03879f312a1ca62d4ec7c664afd40e9f;hb=9f9457eb005686d4b9eed2b5efb7acfb82e90024;hp=cc573e3a5001c2f6742860f1187763caceb5f44d;hpb=ef1211864e1e28cc4e2ce82d87f4e178b1b06e11;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index cc573e3a50..da074d5c03 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,69 +1,37 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 4) -========================================================= +Public release of LyX version 2.3.0beta1 +======================================== -We are pleased to announce the fourth release candidate of LyX 1.6.0. +We are proud to announce the first public beta of the new LyX 2.3 series. +This pre-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 2.3.0 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. -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. +The 2.3 series has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable +series. An overview of the new features can be found here: -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. + http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX23 -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +You can download LyX 2.3.0beta1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/. -The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release -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 +We appreciate your help in testing this pre-release! +The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared +to the current stable releases (LyX 2.2.x). We strongly recommend that +packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file. -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: +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 2.3.0beta1, 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. +Please specify if the behavior you are reporting is different from behavior +in a previous LyX version. - 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 1.6.0rc4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): - - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc4.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc4.tar.bz2 - -Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade -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/lyx/devel/ - -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0rc4, 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://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! +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