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12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
14 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
15 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
16 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
20 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
22 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
23 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
24 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
25 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
26 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
31 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
33 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
34 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
35 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
36 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
37 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
38 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
41 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
42 whose work on LilyPond is
43 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
44 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
45 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
46 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
47 using LilyPond internally.
49 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
50 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
55 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
57 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
58 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
59 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
63 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
65 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
66 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
67 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
68 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
70 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
71 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
75 Support for kievan square notation
77 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
79 Music functions have become quite more versatile
82 A full list of new features is given in:
85 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
88 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
90 Main development team:
92 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
93 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
94 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
95 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
96 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
99 Programming contributors:
101 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
102 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
103 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
104 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
106 Documentation contributors:
108 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
112 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
117 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
119 Translation contributors:
121 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada