diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a193dd72e0..7240038a3e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-01-09  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
+
+	* status.12x: 
+	* configure.in (VERSION): back to 1.2.4cvs
+
 2003-01-09  Jean-Marc Lasgouttes  <Jean-Marc.Lasgouttes@inria.fr>
 
 	* LyX 1.2.3 release
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e25d6391cd..bd23bf1c6b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dnl AM_CONFIG_HEADER(src/config.h)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
 
 PACKAGE=lyx${program_suffix}
-VERSION="1.2.3"
+VERSION="1.2.4cvs"
 LYX_CHECK_VERSION
 
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
diff --git a/status.12x b/status.12x
index d508807d9b..d50e51d05a 100644
--- a/status.12x
+++ b/status.12x
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
-This file describes what has been done in the preparation of LyX 1.2.3.
+This file describes what has been done in the preparation of LyX 1.2.4.
 All comments are welcome.
 
-You can find a list of bugs pending for 1.2.3 at URL
-http://bugzilla.lyx.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&&target_milestone=1.2.3
+You can find a list of bugs pending for 1.2.4 at URL
+http://bugzilla.lyx.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&&target_milestone=1.2.4
 
 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
@@ -19,29 +19,5 @@ What's new
 
 ** Updates
 
-- updated italian User Guide
-
-- updated french localization
-
 ** Bug fixes
 
-- fix bug where the configure script would try to delete the /dev/null
-  device when there has been an error in configuration step
-
-- fix bug where autosaving would leave a lot of zombie processes after
-  a long time
-
-- fix problem where it was not possible to force some values to 0 in
-  custom margins
-
-- fix bug where horizontal alignment would be reset automatically to
-  "left" in the tabular dialog
-
-- fix functions word-find-forward and word-find-backward, the meanings
-  of which were inverted
-
-- when the lyx binary was invoked through a symbolic link, LyX would
-  print annoying messages on the console; they are now output only
-  when debugging.
-
-- fix an installation issue with solaris