@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 8 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.41 released! @emph{July 4, 2012}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.41 is out; this is the eighth 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}.
+
+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 18 July 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.40 released! @emph{June 05, 2012}
+
+We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.40. 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
+
+
@newsItem
@subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}