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12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.28 released! @emph{October 6, 2013}
14 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.28. This
15 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
16 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
17 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
18 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
23 @subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
25 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
26 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
31 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
33 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
34 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
35 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
40 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
42 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
43 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
44 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
45 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
46 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
47 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
50 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
51 whose work on LilyPond is
52 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
53 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
54 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
55 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
56 using LilyPond internally.
58 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
59 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
64 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
66 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
67 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
68 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
72 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
74 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
75 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
76 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
77 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
79 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
80 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
84 Support for kievan square notation
86 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
88 Music functions have become quite more versatile
91 A full list of new features is given in:
94 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
97 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
99 Main development team:
101 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
102 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
103 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
104 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
105 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
108 Programming contributors:
110 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
111 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
112 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
113 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
115 Documentation contributors:
117 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
121 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
126 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
128 Translation contributors:
130 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada