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diff --git a/README b/README
index 2658c62b40..6cd02bd50e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -25,17 +25,16 @@ 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 2.7 to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts.
+    Note: Python 3 (3.3 or later) support is work in progress.
 
 How does the LyX version scheme work?
 
@@ -69,13 +68,13 @@ How does the LyX version scheme work?
     shows that these releases will contain a few new features, and
     that the bulk of the patches will be documentation updates.
 
-    If you get the source from Subversion, the version string will
-    look like one of:
+    If you get the source from Git, the version string will look like
+    one of:
 
-       1.5.1svn     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
-               release 1.5.1 will eventually be tagged.
-       1.6.0svn     -- this is the main branch on which stable
-               release 1.6.0 will eventually be tagged.
+       2.0.6dev     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
+               release 2.0.6 will eventually be tagged.
+       2.1.0dev     -- this is the main branch on which stable
+               release 2.1.0 will eventually be tagged.
 
 What's new?
 
@@ -88,11 +87,11 @@ How do I upgrade from an earlier LyX version?
 What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
 
     * A good C++ compiler.  Development is being done mainly with
-      gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.6.0, you need at
-      least gcc 3.2.x.
+      gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 2.3.0, you need
+      at least gcc 4.6.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 4.8.0. For all features
+      newer versions (e.g. Qt 5.6) are recommended.
 
     Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.
 
@@ -134,10 +133,9 @@ Internet resources of relevance to LyX
 	ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/
 
     The LyX Development page has information about the development
-    effort. LyX is under Subversion control, so you can get the very
+    effort. LyX is under Git version control, so you can get the very
     latest sources from there at any time.
-	http://www.lyx.org/devel
-	ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/
+	http://www.lyx.org/Development
 
 How do I submit a bug report?
 
@@ -145,7 +143,8 @@ How do I submit a bug report?
     You'll find detailed info on submitting bug reports there.
 
     If you can't do that, send details to the LyX Developers' mailing
-    list, or use the LyX bug tracker at http://www.lyx.org/trac/.
+    list, or use the LyX bug tracker at
+    http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome.
     Don't forget to mention which version you are having problems with!
 
 How can I participate in the development of LyX?