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@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ What's new in version 1.4.3?
 
 * Miscellaneous
 
+- LyX requires now python 2.2 to work properly.
+
 - Display LaTeX package checking results faster during configuration.
 
 - Log the output of configure.py to a log file configure.log.