@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
+
@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.56 released! @emph{Mar 29, 2011}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.1 released! @emph{June 11, 2011}
-LilyPond 2.13.56 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
-the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
-experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
-listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
-@ref{Development}.
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.1. This is
+the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
+usual number of bugs.
-There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
-Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
-on April 5, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
@newsEnd
-
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.55 released! @emph{Mar 22, 2011}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.0 released! @emph{June 7, 2011}
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.55. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.0. This is
+the beginning of a new unstable development effort, and adds the
+usual number of bugs.
-Please note that this is @strong{not} the fourth release candidate,
-due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
+this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 3 withdrawn @emph{Mar 15, 2011}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.0 released! @emph{June 6, 2011}
-We have discovered a regression since 2.12.3, so lilypond 2.13.54
-is no longer a candidate for the 2.14.0 release. However, please
-continue testing it -- we would like to discover (and fix!) any
-more regressions as soon as possible. If you discover any
-problems, please send us @ref{Bug reports}.
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.14.
+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.
-@newsEnd
+Many improvements have been made in the past two and a half years
+since the previous main stable version. A few major improvements
+are:
+@itemize
+@item
+LilyPond is now licensed under the GNU GPL v3 or higher.
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 3 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.54 released! @emph{Mar 13, 2011}
+@item
+The vertical spacing engine has been drastically changed, making
+it much more flexible and easier to control.
+
+@item
+Automatic beaming is now more flexible, and beam collisions are
+avoided.
+
+@end itemize
+
+A full list of new features is given in:
+
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.13/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
+
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.14 was brought to you by...
+
+Main development team:
+
+Trevor Daniels, 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.
-LilyPond 2.13.54 is out; this is the third release candidate of
-the upcoming 2.14 stable release. All users are invited to
-experiment with this version. New features since 2.12.3 are
-listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
-@ref{Development}.
+Programming contributors:
-There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
-Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.14.0 release will be
-on March 27, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
+Sven Axelsson, Pál Benkő, Bertrand Bordage, Frédéric Bron, Peter Chubb, Hajo Dezelski, Richard
+Gay, Keith OHara, Andrew Hawryluk, Christian Hitz, Marc Hohl,
+Henning Hraban Ramm, Ian Hulin, Michael Käppler, Marek Klein,
+Kieren MacMillan, Thomas Morgan, Benjamin Peterson, Nathan Reed,
+Julien Rioux, Boris Shingarov, Patrick Schmidt, Owen Tuz, Jan Warchoł, Andrew
+Wilson, Rodolfo Zitellini.
+
+Font contributors:
+
+Keith OHara, Marc Hohl, Alexander Kobel, Carsten Steger.
+
+Documentation contributors:
+
+Colin Campbell, Andrew Hawryluk, James Lowe, Mike Moral, Ralph
+Palmer, David Pounder, Patrick Schmidt.
+
+Bug squad:
+
+James E. Bailey, Colin Campbell, Phil Holmes, Urs Liska, Ralph
+Palmer, Kieren MacMillan, Dmytro O. Redchuk.
+
+Binaries support contributors:
+
+Christian Hitz.
+
+Translation contributors:
+
+Federico Bruni, Dénes Harmath, Jean-Charles Malahieude, Tineke de
+Munnik, Till Paala, Ralf Wildenhues, Yoshiki Sawada.
@newsEnd
+
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