@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released! @emph{December 8, 2013}
-We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
-a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
-developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
+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}.
@newsEnd
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
+
+Janek Warchoł 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
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.29 released! @emph{October 20, 2013}
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #28. @emph{November 12, 2012}
+
+The @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, October
+issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report}} focuses on the
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?LilyPond-meeting-in-Waltrop,
+meeting of LilyPond developers and users} in Waltrop, Germany last
+August. Of course, there are also some musings on LilyPond
+triggered by the release of 2.16.0 and 2.17.0 occuring from that
+venue.
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.29. 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.
+There are also two monthly financial reports from David Kastrup
+whose work on LilyPond is
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24#an_urgent_request_for_funding,
+solely paid for} by financial contributions from other developer
+and users (thank you!), and a report about experiences from
+@uref{http://scorio.com, a web-based music typesetting service}
+using LilyPond internally.
+Come @uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-28, read
+LilyPond Report 28} now; comments and contributions are warmly
+encouraged!
@newsEnd
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.16.1. This has a number of
+updates to the previous stable version, and should cause no problems. We
+recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
+@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
-Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
-@uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
+LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the
+highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of
+traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
+
+Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
+main stable version. A few major improvements are:
+
+@itemize
+@item
+Support for kievan square notation
+@item
+User and programming interfaces have greatly improved
+@item
+Music functions have become quite more versatile
+@end itemize
+
+A full list of new features is given in:
+
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
+
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
+
+Main development team:
+
+Bertrand Bordage, Trevor Daniels, Colin Hall, Phil Holmes, Ian Hulin,
+Reinhold Kainhofer, David Kastrup, Jonathan Kulp, Werner Lemberg,
+John Mandereau, Patrick McCarty, Joe Neeman, Han-Wen Nienhuys,
+Jan Nieuwenhuizen, Graham Percival, Mark Polesky, Neil Puttock,
+Mike Solomon, Carl Sorensen, Francisco Vila, Valentin Villenave,
+Jan Warchoł
+
+Programming contributors:
+
+Aleksandr Andreev, Sven Axelsson, Peter Chubb, Karin Hoethker,
+Marc Hohl, David Nalesnik, Justin Ohmie, Benkő Pál, Julien Rioux, Patrick Schmidt,
+Adam Spiers, Heikki Taurainen, Piers Titus van der Torren,
+Jan-Peter Voigt, Janek Warchol
+
+Documentation contributors:
+
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
+
+Bug squad:
+
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
+
+Support:
+
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
+
+Translation contributors:
+
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
@newsEnd
+
+
+
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