X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e9487959fd92e8013378b65b60c6baf72c924adb;hb=8874db5f2287ccbe1e3c31a8c4f59bb53c0eb01e;hp=65400357efa0a9b56e0e89dd8fa9c5d67eae2303;hpb=816b9b4b3c82cb2839e7e1f5e5c2180447cc70b7;p=lyx.git

diff --git a/README b/README
index 65400357ef..e9487959fd 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ What do I need to run LyX?
 
     Either of :
     * a Unix-like system (including Windows with cygwin)
-    * Windows 98 or newer  
-    * Mac OS 10.2 or newer  
+    * Windows 2000 or newer
+    * Mac OS 10.2 or newer
 
     A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX for unix) not older
        than 1995/12/01.
-    Python 1.5.2 or later to convert old LyX files
+    Python 2.3 or later to convert old LyX files and for helper scripts
 
 How does the LyX version scheme work?
 
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ How does the LyX version scheme work?
     are labeled with a "pre" suffix. Thus there are three possible
     file names:
 
-       lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz       -- stable release
-       lyx-1.4.5.tar.gz       -- fifth maintenance release of the
-                                 1.4 stable release
-       lyx-1.4.0pre1.tar.gz   -- potentially unstable test release
+       lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz       -- stable release
+       lyx-1.5.5.tar.gz       -- fifth maintenance release of the
+                                 1.5 stable release
+       lyx-1.5.0pre1.tar.gz   -- potentially unstable test release
 
     The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs. The
     goal here is not to have parallel development as for the linux
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ How does the LyX version scheme work?
     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 cvs, the version string will look like
-    one of:
+    If you get the source from Subversion, the version string will
+    look like one of:
 
-       1.4.1cvs     -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
-               release 1.4.1 will eventually be tagged.
-       1.5.0cvs     -- this is the main branch on which stable
-               release 1.5.0 will eventually be tagged.
+       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.
 
 What's new?
 
@@ -75,16 +75,10 @@ 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 1.4.0, you need at
-      least gcc 3.x.
+      gcc/g++, but some others work also. As of LyX 1.5.0, you need at
+      least gcc 3.2.x.
 
-    Either:
-    * The Xforms library, version 1.0.
-    * LibXpm, version 4.7 or newer.
-
-    Or:
-    * The Qt library, version 3.0 or newer (although version 2.3
-    may work).
+    * The Qt4 library, version 4.1.1 or newer.
 
     Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.
 
@@ -106,6 +100,7 @@ Does LyX have support for non-English speakers/writers/readers?
     right-to-left languages like Arabic or Hebrew. There is a port
     of LyX named CJK-LyX which adds support for Chinese, Korean
     and Japanese (http://cellular.phys.pusan.ac.kr/cjk.html)
+    [This support is being merged in lyx-1.5]
 
     Menus and error messages have been translated to 17 languages.
     For the status of the different translations, see
@@ -128,7 +123,7 @@ 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 CVS control, so you can get the very
+    effort. LyX is under Subversion 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/