-Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (alpha 2)
+Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (beta 4)
=============================================
-We are pleased to announce the second alpha release of LyX 1.6.0 (the
-first to be publicly announced).
+We are pleased to announce the fourth beta release of LyX 1.6.0.
LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 9 months of hard work since the
release of the LyX 1.5 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the
some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release
-compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.4). An updated list of
+compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.5). An updated list of
issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0alpha2.tar.bz2
Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade
-from version 1.5.4.
+from version 1.5.5.
Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
The LyX team.
-What's new in version 1.6.0alpha2?
+What's new in version 1.6.0beta4?
----------------------------
The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
-What's new in version 1.6.0beta3?
+What's new in version 1.6.0beta4?
----------------------------
The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
vdnl Process with autoconf to generate configure script -*- sh -*-
-AC_INIT(LyX,1.6.0svn,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
-AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["Tue, Jun 3, 2008"])
+AC_INIT(LyX,1.6.0beta4,[lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org],[lyx])
+AC_SUBST(LYX_DATE, ["Fri, Jul 11, 2008"])
AC_PREREQ(2.52)
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/main.cpp)
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])