[Pkg-lyx-devel] [jamatos at fc.up.pt: LyX version 1.6.0 (beta 4) is released]

[Per Olofsson]

Hi,

Sven Hoexter wrote:
> Do we intend to get this one to experimental?
> Maybe with the current packaging without a debhelper v7 conversion
> only to give the daring souls something to play with? ;)

Yes, sure. I'm going on a trip now though, won't be home until 
Monday.

> Sven
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from José Matos <jamatos at fc.up.pt> -----
> 
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:50:18 +0100
> From: José Matos <jamatos at fc.up.pt>
> To: lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org, lyx-users at lists.lyx.org
> Subject: LyX version 1.6.0 (beta 4) is released
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> 
> Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (beta 4)
> ===================================
> 
> We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.6.0 (beta 4).
> 
> Compared with the latest stable release, this is the culmination of
> one year of hard work, and we sincerely hope you will enjoy the
> results.
> 
> This release is the last planned beta release in the path that leads to 
> 1.6.0, the beta status is thus an indication of the development stage and so 
> we advise care when using this release. Please back up your work before using 
> this release as it should be generally done in a beta release.
> The next scheduled release is rc1 (the first release candidate).
> 
> As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly
> visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
> some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
> 
> The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
> http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
> 
> The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release
> compared to the latest stable release (LyX 1.5.5). An updated list of
> issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
> 
> You can download LyX 1.6.0beta4 here (the .bz2 are compressed with
> bzip2, which yields smaller files):
> 
>         ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0beta4.tar.gz
>         ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0beta4.tar.bz2
> 
> Note that due to the amount of changes no patch is provided to upgrade
> from version 1.5.5.
> 
> Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
> installers) should soon be available at
>         ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
> 
> 
> If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0beta4, 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
> 
> 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 the answer there,
> e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users @ lists.lyx.org).
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> The LyX team.
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 


-- 
Pelle