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+
+This file describes what has been done in the preparation of LyX 2.0.1
+All comments are welcome.
+
+I'd be glad if some of you could take the time to check it out (or fix
+a bug or two if you are feeling adventurous). Let me recall that all
+these fixes have been checked into the BRANCH_2_0_X branch, which you
+can get with the command
+  svn co svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH_2_0_X
+
+Richard
+
+[In this list, I try to group things by topic and in decreasing
+order of importance. This is, of course, subjective...]
+
+
+What's new
+==========
+
+
+** Updates:
+***********
+
+* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
+
+
+
+* USER INTERFACE
+
+
+
+
+* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
+
+
+
+* BUILD/INSTALLATION
+
+
+
+
+** Bug fixes:
+*************
+
+* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
+
+
+
+* USER INTERFACE
+
+
+
+* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
+
+
+
+* BUILD/INSTALLATION
+