From 8615003fd91f801e0dce574164771d3a52aa45e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Heck Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2014 11:59:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update ANNOUNCE file. --- ANNOUNCE | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 6f60e735da..2efed590f8 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,32 +1,47 @@ -Public release of LyX version 2.1.0 -======================================== +Public release of LyX version 2.1.1 +=================================== -We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.0. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.1. This is the first +maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. -With this release, LyX celebrates 18 years of existence. The 2.1 series -has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series. +LyX 2.1.1 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version +even more reliable and stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made +a number of improvements. These are detailed below. We strongly encourage +all LyX users to upgrade to this version. -LyX 2.1.0 is the culmination of three years of hard work. An overview -of the new features can be found here: - http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX21 +Several users have reported seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, sometimes +resulting in dataloss. These crashes appear to happen when the user attempts +to save a file, and the dataloss occurs because the original LyX file is over- +written by a corrupt file that then cannot be opened. The seemingly random +crashes, we believe, are due to auto-save, which is enabled or disabled in +Tools> Preferences> Document Handling > "Backup documents every...minutes". -You can download LyX 2.1.0 from http://www.lyx.org/Download. +Unfortunately, we have been unable to find the cause of this bug, though all +known reports seem to involve documents that contain tables, and the corrupt +file always ends with: \begin_inset Tabular. Users who work with tables a lot +may therefore wish to disable auto-save. -We hope you will enjoy the result! +To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files. Rather than +over-write the original file immediately, LyX now saves the new file to a +temporary name and then renames the new file to the original filename only +after it has been written successfully. -The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared -to the current stable releases (LyX 2.0.x). We strongly recommend that -packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file. +LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based +on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is +released under a Free and Open Source Software license. -As with any major release, this one comes with lot of new features but -also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.1.0, 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. +You can download LyX 2.1.1 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. + +If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.1.1, either e-mail the LyX +developers' mailing list (lyx-devel lists.lyx.org), or open a bug +report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the -documentation that comes with LyX (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you -will find at http://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX users' -list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). +documentation that comes with LyX and the LyX wiki, which lives at +http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX +users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). + +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.1.1. The LyX team. http://www.lyx.org -- 2.39.5