@c This file is part of lilypond-web.texi and community.itexi
@c when you add a new item, consider moving the lowest item(s)
-@c into news-old.itexi.
+@c into news.itexi.
@c keep two blank lines between news entries
@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
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@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.62 released! @emph{May 27, 2011}
-
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.62. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.0 released! @emph{August 26, 2012}
-Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
-due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+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 2.13.61 released! @emph{May 1, 2011}
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.61. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+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.
-Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
-due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+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 LilyPond 2.13.60 released! @emph{April 16, 2011}
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.60. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
-Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
-due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+Main development team:
-@newsEnd
+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:
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Linux Journal Magazine article - @emph{April 2011}
-
-@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com,Linux Magazine} publishes an
-article in the May 2011 issue titled
-@uref{http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/126/088-090_projects.pdf,
-Projects on the Move}. It is an introduction to MuseScore,
-LilyPond and Chordii. Author Carla Schroder states @qq{LilyPond is
-driven from the command line, but don’t let the lack of a GUI scare
-you away; LilyPond is user-friendly and easy to learn}, and provides
-a hands-on example.
-@newsEnd
+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
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.13.59 released! @emph{April 10, 2011}
+Documentation contributors:
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.13.59. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
-Please note that this is @strong{not} the next release candidate,
-due to a few remaining Critical bugs.
+Bug squad:
-@newsEnd
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
+Support:
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.14 - LilyPond 2.13.58 released! @emph{April 7, 2011}
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
-LilyPond 2.13.58 is out; this is the sixth 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}.
+Translation 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 April 14, 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
@newsEnd
+
+
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