X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=4901cad6319c536db1f07c5ce033b1986549101c;hb=3476a6f1d4bc3a8e3a69efc29d9c8e1cbb862b9f;hp=2658c62b4008baaac935aee4f2a044b1df757849;hpb=002d8c107a460b1d6010327e8efb6cc976c67b3a;p=lyx.git

diff --git a/README b/README
index 2658c62b40..4901cad631 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -25,17 +25,18 @@ What is LyX?
 
 What do I need to run LyX?
 
-    Either of :
+    Either:
     * a Unix-like system (including Windows with cygwin)
     * Windows 2000 or newer
-    * Mac OS 10.2 or newer
+    * Mac OS 10.4 or newer
 
     A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. TeX Live for Linux, MikTeX for
-       Windows).
-    Python 2.3 or later to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts
-    (note that you need at least Python 2.3.4 for exporting LyX files
-    to a pre-unicode format, as previous versions are affected by a bug
-    about the normalization of unicode strings)
+    Windows).
+
+    Python 2.4 or later to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts.
+    Note 1: Python 2.4 or later is required due to the subprocess module.
+    Note 2: Python 2.6 or later is recommended on Windows.
+    Note 3: Python 3.0 or later is not supported.
 
 How does the LyX version scheme work?
 
@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
       gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.6.0, you need at
       least gcc 3.2.x.
 
-    * The Qt4 library, at least version 4.2.0. For all features
-      newer versions (e.g. Qt 4.5) are recommended.
+    * The Qt4 library, at least version 4.2.2. For all features
+      newer versions (e.g. Qt 4.6) are recommended.
 
     Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.