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+@newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released! @emph{November 24, 2013}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
+a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18. The
+developers believe the release 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 @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
@newsItem
@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released! @emph{November 3, 2013}
@newsEnd
-@newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.2 released! @emph{January 4, 2013}
-
-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.
-
-@newsEnd
-
@newsItem
@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.9 released! @emph{December 15, 2012}
@newsEnd
-@ignore
-As of 2013-12-06 all links to LilyPond Report are broken.
-@end ignore
-
-@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}