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ANNOUNCE
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ANNOUNCE
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Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)
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===================================
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We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 2).
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We expect this to be the last release before 1.5.0, and until the
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first stable release only critical bugs and regressions will be
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addressed.
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We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 2).
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We expect this to be the last release before 1.5.0. We do not anticipate
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any further changes before 1.5.0, although any critical bugs and regressions
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in 1.5.0rc2 will, of course, be addressed.
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We encourage users to try this release candidate and report
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any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
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Compared with the first release candidate we have mostly fixed bugs
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Since the announcement of release candidate 1, we have mostly fixed bugs
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and polished the graphical interface.
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Compared with the latest stable release, this is the culmination of
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one year of hard work, and we sincerely hope you will enjoy the
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results. The changes are too numerous to summarize in a few words,
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with initial unicode support being the flagship among the new
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features, see the end of this announcement for details.
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LyX 1.5.0 is the culmination of 15 months of hard work since the release
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of the LyX 1.4 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the result.
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The changes are too numerous to summarize in a few words, but initial
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unicode support is the flagship among the new features. See the end of
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this announcement for further details.
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As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly
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visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
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some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
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The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release
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compared to the latest stable release (LyX 1.4.4). An updated list of
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compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.4.4). An updated list of
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issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
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ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.gz
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ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.bz2
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Note that due to the amount of changes no patch is provided to upgrade
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Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade
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from version 1.4.4.
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Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
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@ -65,21 +66,22 @@ installers) should soon be available at
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ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
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As confusing as it is, two sets of installers are available to windows
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users: LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer-bundle.exe and
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LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller-Complete.exe.
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The former is our official installer and the latter is previously known
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as LyXWinInstaller. Please feel free to try either of them. Feedbacks
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users:
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* LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer.exe and LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer-bundle.exe;
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* LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller.exe and LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller-Complete.exe.
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The former is our official installer and the latter was previously known
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as LyXWinInstaller. Please feel free to try either of them. Feedback
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and bug reports on both installers are welcome because they will help
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the merge of two installers, which is expected to happen during the
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the merge of the two installers, which is expected to happen during the
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1.5.x series of LyX development.
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If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0rc2, you may either
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e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open
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e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open
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a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
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If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question,
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first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find the answer there,
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e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users @ lists.lyx.org).
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e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
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Enjoy!
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@ -94,12 +96,12 @@ What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)?
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LyX 1.5's big goal was to use unicode internally and so resolve a slew
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of existing problems with special characters and non-alphabetic
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languages. LyX 1.5 is able to output unicode (in addition to
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encodings current available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
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encoding or such brand new typesetting systems as XeTeX.
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encodings currently available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
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encoding or a brand new typesetting system such as XeTeX.
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Since the change to unicode touched much of the code base and some
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areas still need a cleanup it is very likely that some bugs related to
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areas still need a cleanup it, is very likely that some bugs related to
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the unicode transition still exist. Please have a look at the Known
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bugs in LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
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bugs on the LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
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to unicode. If it's not there, then please report it to the lyx-devel
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mailing list.
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@ -109,13 +111,13 @@ The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally
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merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch.
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The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
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the user interface.
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Note that from now on, former encoding settings for these languages
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done via ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
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Note that setting the encoding for these languages in LyX 1.5 by
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using ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
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* Language support
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Besides the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi are now
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supported in the user interface.
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In addition to the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi also
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have full user interface support.
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* Multiple views of the same buffer
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* Tabular extensions
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LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of
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LaTeX. support for the booktabs package was implemented, which
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provides beautiful and elegant tabulars.
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LaTeX. Support for the booktabs package has been implemented,
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providing beautiful and elegant tabulars.
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* Nomenclatures
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Native LyX support for the nomencl package was implemented. With this,
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LyX now has native support for the nomencl package. With this,
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you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures,
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glossaries and fancy notations.
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* Enhanced Math Toolbars
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The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were
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added, that allowed to integrate all of the math panel' content to the
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math toolbars.
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added, allowing the integration of all of the math panel's content
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to the math toolbars.
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Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math
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panel itself has been removed and superseded by the toolbars.
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panel itself has been removed and superceded by the toolbars.
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* Frontend News
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LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
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Windows users, since there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
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LyX 1.5 uses the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
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Windows users, because there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
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longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to
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Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It
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was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX
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in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to
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unicode. The Qt3 frontend was removed. The work on the GTK frontend
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has been transferred to a branch because its development has
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unicode. The Qt3 frontend was also removed. The work on the GTK
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frontend has been transferred to a branch because its development has
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essentially stalled.
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* Change tracking enhancements
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Major parts of the change tracking code were rewritten addressing
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several problems that existed in the existing implementation.
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Major parts of the change tracking code have been rewritten, addressing
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several problems that existed in the previous implementation.
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* Converter file cache
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A cache for converted files, such as included figures, was
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A cache for converted files, such as included figures, has been
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implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when
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displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion
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to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache
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* Minor user interface improvements
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Apart from the described major changes, several minor improvements of
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the user interface have been made, such as:
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Several minor improvements of the user interface have been made, such as:
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- Syntax highlighting for the user preamble and the LaTeX log file
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- Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog)
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- Support optional argument for environments
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- Syntax highlighting of the user preamble and the LaTeX log file.
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- Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog).
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- Support for optional arguments for environments.
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* Enhanced clipboard/selection handling
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Clipboard has been tuned to work better with other applications. Parallel
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to clipboard usages, the *nix way of using middle-button to paste
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selected text is enhanced, and is also available under windows (but
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within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that
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you can paste the selected text using middle button multiple times,
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The clipboard has been tuned to work better with other applications.
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Parallel to clipboard usages, the *nix way of using middle-button
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to paste selected text is enhanced, and is also available under windows
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(but within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that
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you can paste the selected text using the middle button multiple times,
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even after the selection has been cleared.
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* Under the hood
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What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)
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We encourage users to try this release candidate and report
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any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
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We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 2).
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We expect this to be the last release before 1.5.0. We do not anticipate
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What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 1)
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