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12 @subsubheading Problems with the Windows build of 2.17.21
14 Release 2.17.21 crashes under Windows in many circumstances. but particularly
15 related to the positioning of text. The problem is being tracked as
16 @uref{http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=3432, Issue 3432}.
17 Until it is fixed, we recommend Windows users not to upgrade past 2.17.20. If
18 you need to downgrade and don't have a copy of the binary, our
19 @uref{http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/mingw/, archive} should
20 provide what you need.
25 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released! @emph{June 30, 2013}
27 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21. This
28 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
29 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
30 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
31 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
36 @subsubheading LilyPond blog moved! @emph{June 29, 2013}
38 The LilyPond blog, which was previously hosted on
39 @uref{http://lilypondblog.wordpress.com/, wordpress.com}, has moved
40 to a new domain: you can now find it at
41 @uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
46 @subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
48 Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. It's currently hosted on
49 Wordpress - follow @uref{http://lilypondblog.wordpress.com/, this link} to read
55 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
57 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
58 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
59 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
64 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
66 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
67 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
68 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
69 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
70 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
71 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
74 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
75 whose work on LilyPond is
76 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
77 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
78 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
79 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
80 using LilyPond internally.
82 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
83 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
88 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
90 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
91 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
92 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
96 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
98 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
99 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
100 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
101 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
103 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
104 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
108 Support for kievan square notation
110 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
112 Music functions have become quite more versatile
115 A full list of new features is given in:
118 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
121 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
123 Main development team:
125 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
126 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
127 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
128 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
129 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
132 Programming contributors:
134 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
135 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
136 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
137 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
139 Documentation contributors:
141 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
145 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
150 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
152 Translation contributors:
154 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada