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12 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.11 released! @emph{January 26 2013}
14 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.11. 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.
32 @subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
34 The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
35 issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
36 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
37 meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
38 August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
39 triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
42 There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
43 whose work on LilyPond is
44 @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
45 solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
46 and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
47 @uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
48 using LilyPond internally.
50 Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
51 LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
56 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
58 We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
59 updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
60 recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
64 @subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
66 We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
67 LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
68 highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
69 traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
71 Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
72 main stable version. A few major improvements are:
76 Support for kievan square notation
78 User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
80 Music functions have become quite more versatile
83 A full list of new features is given in:
86 @uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
89 Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
91 Main development team:
93 Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
94 Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
95 John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
96 Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
97 Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
100 Programming contributors:
102 Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
103 Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
104 Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
105 Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
107 Documentation contributors:
109 James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
113 Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
118 Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
120 Translation contributors:
122 Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada