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12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.26 released! @emph{September 8, 2013}
14 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.26. 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 moved! @emph{June 29, 2013}
25 The LilyPond blog, which was previously hosted on
26 @uref{http://lilypondblog.wordpress.com/, wordpress.com}, has moved
27 to a new domain: you can now find it at
28 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
33 @subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
35 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. It's currently hosted on
36 Wordpress - follow @uref{http://lilypondblog.wordpress.com/, this link} to read
42 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
44 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
45 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
46 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
51 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
53 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
54 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
55 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
56 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
57 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
58 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
61 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
62 whose work on LilyPond is
63 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
64 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
65 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
66 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
67 using LilyPond internally.
69 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
70 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
75 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
77 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
78 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
79 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
83 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
85 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
86 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
87 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
88 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
90 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
91 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
95 Support for kievan square notation
97 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
99 Music functions have become quite more versatile
102 A full list of new features is given in:
105 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
108 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
110 Main development team:
112 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
113 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
114 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
115 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
116 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
119 Programming contributors:
121 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
122 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
123 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
124 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
126 Documentation contributors:
128 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
132 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
137 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
139 Translation contributors:
141 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada