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-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.9 released! @emph{August 30, 2011}
+@subsubheading Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012}
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.9. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes, and also adds
-support for MacOS X 10.7.
+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}.
-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 outstanding Critical bugs, this is not the
-next release candidate.
+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 17 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
+@subsubheading LilyPond takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012}
-LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first release candidate of
+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.
+
+Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC.
+He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
+@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
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 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+on 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
@ref{Bug reports}.
@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}
+@subsubheading Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012}
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.7. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+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}.
-It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
-this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 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 20 April 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.6 released! @emph{July 26, 2011}
+@subsubheading The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012}
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.6. This
-release contains the usual number of bugfixes.
+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!
-It is strongly recommended that normal users do @strong{not} use
-this release, and instead use the stable 2.14 version.
+Come
+@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read
+LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are
+warmly encouraged!
@newsEnd
@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.14.2 released! @emph{July 25, 2011}
+@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.
-We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.14.2. This
-fixes a few minor bugs in the stable version, and should cause no
-problems. We recommend that everybody upgrade to this version.
+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 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