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+What's new in version 1.5.0  (release candidate 1)
+----------------------------
+
+We encourage users to try this release candidate and report
+any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
+
+The difference to the last beta release is due to bug fixes only,
+no new features are allowed at this stage of development. The only
+exception to this rule is the addition of Farsi as a supported language
+since the available patch was not integrated in the previous release.
+
 What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 3)?
 ---------------------------- 
 
 Compared with the previous beta release we have fixed several bugs
-and added some improvements, namely a new inset to support code listings.
-
-We have enabled the converter file cache by default.
+and added some improvements:
+
+ * A new inset to support code listings.
+ * We have enabled the converter file cache by default.
+ * The languages Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
+   the user interface.
+   Note that from now on, former encoding settings for these languages
+   done via ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
 
 Internally we have renamed files to follow a consistent name pattern,
 this will allow an easier navigation of the source code thus simplifying