@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
-
@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
-
-LilyPond 2.15.38 is out; this is the sixth release candidate of
-the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
-experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
-listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
-@ref{Development}.
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
-@strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
-candidate will be required.
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.0. This
+release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
+recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use this release,
+and instead use the stable 2.16 version.
@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
-Being a part of @uref{http://www.gnu.org/, GNU project}, we are participating in
-@uref{http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2012,
-Google Summer of Code program}, which offers students stipends for
-working on open source software.
+We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.0.
+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.
-Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
-He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
+Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
+main stable version. A few major improvements are:
-@newsEnd
+@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:
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
-
-LilyPond 2.15.37 is out; this is the fifth release candidate of
-the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
-experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
-listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
-@ref{Development}.
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
-There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
-Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
-on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
-@newsEnd
+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
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
+Programming contributors:
-LilyPond 2.15.36 is out; this is the fourth release candidate of
-the upcoming 2.16 stable release. All users are invited to
-experiment with this version. New features since 2.14.2 are
-listed in the @qq{Changes} manual on the website section about
-@ref{Development}.
+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
-There are no known Critical issues with this release. If no
-Critical bugs are found, then the official 2.16.0 release will be
-on 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
+Documentation contributors:
-@newsEnd
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
+Bug squad:
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
-The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a rather unusual
-issue featuring our young Polish contributor Janek Warchoł!
-Also included in this issue are quite a few unexpected items,
-including (but not limited to)… a cooking recipe!
+Support:
-Come
-@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
-LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
-warmly encouraged!
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
-@newsEnd
+Translation contributors:
-
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 2012}
-
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
-
-It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
-this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
-note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
-candidate.
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
@newsEnd
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012}
-
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
-
-It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
-this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version. Please
-note that due to a few Critical bugs, this is not the next release
-candidate.
-
-@newsEnd