@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
+beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
+developers are still busy finding solutions for some last-minute
+problems, but the release is supposed 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 @rprogram{Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@rweb{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate withdrawn @emph{June 01, 2012}
+@subsubheading LilyPond blog. @emph{June 2, 2013}
-We have discovered a regression since 2.14.2, so lilypond 2.15.39
-is no longer a candidate for the 2.16.0 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}.
+Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog. You can find it at
+@uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!
@newsEnd
-
@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 7 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.39 released! @emph{May 22, 2012}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
-LilyPond 2.15.39 is out; this is the seventh 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}.
+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.
-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 05 June 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
-@ref{Bug reports}.
+@newsEnd
+@newsItem
+@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.
+
+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 The LilyPond Report #26. @emph{May 22, 2012}
+@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012}
-The @emph{LilyPond Report} is back, with a new editor on board -
-Pavel Roskin, who tells us about his adventures in strange lands
-of compiler bugs! There is also a detailed report about current
-development status, and an analysis of example LilyPond output -
-see for yourself how close (or how far?) are we from matching
-the quality of hand-engraved scores.
+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.
-Come
-@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-26, read
-LilyPond Report 26} now; comments and contributions are
-warmly encouraged!
+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 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
+@example
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html}
+@end example
-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}.
+Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by...
-@strong{Update:} Due to a few Critical bugs, another release
-candidate will be required.
+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 LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
+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
-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.
+Documentation contributors:
-Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
-He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
+James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil
-@newsEnd
+Bug squad:
+Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer,
+James Lowe
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012}
+Support:
+
+Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes
-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}.
+Translation contributors:
-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}.
+Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada
@newsEnd
+
+
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