How does the LyX version scheme work?
LyX uses a contiguous numbering scheme for versions, where a
- number "1.x.y" indicates a stable release '1.x', maintenance
- release 'y'. In other words, LyX 1.5.0 was the first stable
- release in the 1.5-series of LyX. At the time of writing, the
- latest maintenance release in the 1.5-series was LyX 1.5.2
+ number "2.x.y" indicates a stable release '2.x', maintenance
+ release 'y'. In other words, LyX 2.2.0 was the first stable
+ release in the 2.2-series of LyX. At the time of writing, the
+ latest maintenance release in the 2.2-series was LyX 2.2.3.
Please note that maintenance releases are designed primarily to
fix bugs, and that the file format will _never_ change due to a
series. To summarize, there are three possible types of file names
that are of interest to normal users:
- lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz -- stable release, first in the 1.5-series
- lyx-1.5.5.tar.gz -- fifth maintenance release of LyX 1.5
- lyx-1.5.0rc1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable release candidate
+ lyx-2.2.0.tar.gz -- stable release, first in the 2.2-series
+ lyx-2.2.3.tar.gz -- fifth maintenance release of LyX 2.2
+ lyx-2.3.0rc1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable release candidate
Note that the goal is not parallel development as for the linux
kernel --the team is too small to afford that-- but rather to
If you get the source from Git, the version string will look like
one of:
- 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.
+ 2.2.4dev -- this is the stable branch on which maintenance
+ release 2.2.4 will eventually be tagged.
+ 2.3.0dev -- this is the main branch on which stable
+ release 2.3.0 will eventually be tagged.
What's new?
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 4.8.0. For all features
+ * The Qt 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.