-Public release of LyX version 2.2.0
+Public release of LyX version 2.3.0alpha1
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-We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0.
+We are proud to announce the first public alpha of the new LyX 2.3 series.
-With this release, LyX celebrates 20 years of existence. The 2.2 series
+With this release, LyX celebrates 21 years of existence. The 2.3 series
has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series.
-LyX 2.2.0 is the culmination of two years of hard work. An overview
+LyX 2.3.0alpha1 is the culmination of one year of hard work. An overview
of the new features can be found here:
- http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22
+ http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX23
-You can download LyX 2.2.0 from https://www.lyx.org/Download/.
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-For Windows users, if you installed a pre-release of LyX 2.2.0, you
-should uninstall that version before installing this newer release.
+You can download LyX 2.3.0alpha1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/.
We hope you will enjoy the result!
The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared
-to the current stable releases (LyX 2.1.x). We strongly recommend that
+to the current stable releases (LyX 2.2.x). We strongly recommend that
packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file.
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 2.2.0, either
+also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.0alpha1, 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.