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12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.10 released! @emph{January 12 2013}
14 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.10. 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 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
25 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
26 to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
27 only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
31 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
33 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
34 release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
35 some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
36 some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
37 a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
42 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
44 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
45 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
46 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
47 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
48 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
49 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
52 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
53 whose work on LilyPond is
54 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
55 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
56 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
57 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
58 using LilyPond internally.
60 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
61 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
66 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
68 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
69 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
70 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
74 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
76 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
77 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
78 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
79 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
81 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
82 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
86 Support for kievan square notation
88 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
90 Music functions have become quite more versatile
93 A full list of new features is given in:
96 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
99 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
101 Main development team:
103 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
104 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
105 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
106 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
107 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
110 Programming contributors:
112 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
113 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
114 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
115 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
117 Documentation contributors:
119 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
123 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
128 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
130 Translation contributors:
132 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada