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12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.8 released! @emph{December 1, 2012}
14 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.8. 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 2.17.7 released! @emph{November 17, 2012}
25 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.7. This
26 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
27 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
28 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
29 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
34 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
36 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
37 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
38 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
39 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
40 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
41 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
44 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
45 whose work on LilyPond is
46 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
47 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
48 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
49 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
50 using LilyPond internally.
52 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
53 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
58 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
60 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
61 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
62 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
66 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
68 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
69 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
70 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
71 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
73 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
74 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
78 Support for kievan square notation
80 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
82 Music functions have become quite more versatile
85 A full list of new features is given in:
88 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
91 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
93 Main development team:
95 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
96 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
97 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
98 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
99 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
102 Programming contributors:
104 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
105 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
106 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
107 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
109 Documentation contributors:
111 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
115 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
120 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
122 Translation contributors:
124 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada