diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index e98cf2d382..1d8fa61898 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,23 +1,19 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.4 -=================================== +Public release of LyX version 1.6.4.1 +===================================== -We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4. This is the fourth -maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release covers, amongst -many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe issues, such as: +We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.4.1. This is a small +update to LyX 1.6.4, which was the fourth maintenance release in the 1.6.x +series. -* A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to - 4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were - scaled to certain sizes in the work area. -* Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data. -* Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that - helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs. -* Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of - older LyX documents (lyx2lyx). +The only change over release 1.6.4 is the fix of a regression on the Mac, +which made some dialogs (such as Preferences and About LyX) unaccessible +via the menu. Other platforms than the Mac were not affected by the issue. -A detailed list of changes is appended below, remaining known problems -are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES. +A detailed list of changes in 1.6.4 and 1.6.4.1 is appended below, +remaining known problems are listed in the file RELEASE-NOTES. -All users and distributors are urged to upgrade to this version. +All Mac users are encouraged to upgrade to this version. For users of +other platforms, there's no reason to upgrade from LyX 1.6.4. In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: @@ -43,36 +39,34 @@ http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux, the Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. -You can download LyX 1.6.4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, +You can download LyX 1.6.4.1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, which yields smaller files): - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2 - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.bz2 and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host the .bz2 versions): - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz - http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz + http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/1.6.x/lyx-1.6.4.1.tar.gz -Prebuilt binaries (rpms for Linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows -installers) should soon be available at +A prebuilt binary for Mac OS X should soon be available at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.6.4/ If you already have the sources of the previous release, you may want to apply -one of the following patches instead - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.gz - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.bz2 +the following patch instead + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/1.6.x/patch-1.6.4.1.diff -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4, you may either +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.4.1, you may either e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel lists.lyx.org), -or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org +or open a bug report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/ If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question, first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find @@ -83,6 +77,21 @@ Enjoy! The LyX team. +What's new in version 1.6.4.1? +------------------------------ + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Revert an erroneous bugfix that was introduced with LyX 1.6.4: + "Disable some menu entries when the document windows does not have + focus on OS X (bug 1720)." + This re-enables the access to the Preferences and About LyX dialogs on + the Mac menu (other platforms were not affected). + + What's new in version 1.6.4? ---------------------------- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 46c556c363..8742ee380e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +What's new in version 1.6.4.1? +------------------------------- + +The only change over release 1.6.4 is the fix of a regression on the Mac, +which made some dialogs (such as Preferences and About LyX) unaccessible +via the menu. Other platforms than the Mac were not affected by the issue. + + What's new in version 1.6.4? -------------------------------