From 0c47ab6300abd7d4dbd95f0c1a72d20ca5e863a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Sanda Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:23:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * ANNOUNCE git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@37639 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- ANNOUNCE | 29 ++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 34029113d3..a24ae5a43b 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,23 +1,22 @@ -Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 4) -========================================== +Release of LyX version 2.0.0 (release candidate 1) +================================================== -We are pleased to announce the fourth public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0. +We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 2.0.0. -Except usual bugfixing we fixed random crashes connected with the -new background export and compilation feature. +Since the last beta releases became stable enough for a regular work +we switched to release candidate, freezed new development and focused +on bugfixing to make the final release even more polished. -As far as new features is considered it is now possible to set the -table width, customize the language package per document and -export LyX files as a single archive containing linked material -(e.g. images) directly via export menu. +Except usual bugfixing.. -Since this is most probably the last beta release we also added -convertor for old (1.6) preference files which are automatically -checked on the startup now. +The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared +to the current stable releases (LyX 1.6). We strongly recommend to read +this file for packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions. -Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker and -also note that this release is for testing purposes only. Users are -encouraged to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work. +As with any major release we come with lot of new features but also +bugs -- so while we encourage curious users to test this release, people +who rely on solid and stable application should stay with 1.6 releases. +Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker. Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ Note that windows installers might not appear for this release.