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-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.9. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains
-some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but
-some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require
-a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version.
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
+a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
+developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
+documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
+overlooked. For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
+latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
+
+Janek WarchoĊ has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
+@uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.2. This release is mainly
+to correct a problem with lilypond-book running on Windows. We recommend that
+only people requiring this functionality upgrade to this version.
@newsEnd