X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fweb%2Fnews-front.itexi;h=ecfd86d77319740faf3b10004beb3645687470ec;hb=bba1403ff3cb24eb35d23a43ae656ff4b02031c9;hp=036f55b698fe7effcc141f6a8592be3a78236c31;hpb=9d1520b21710bd22872010ae9aa4c4899014e9d4;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi index 036f55b698..ecfd86d773 100644 --- a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi +++ b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi @@ -8,63 +8,132 @@ @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2 +@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 The LilyPond Report #24. @emph{Mar 5, 2012} +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012} -A new issue of the @emph{LilyPond Report} is now -available for reading; topics include a request for funding, -an article about exciting new features in LilyPond grammar, -and an overview of LilyPond-based web applications. +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 -Come -@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-24, read -LilyPond Report 24} now; comments and contributions are -warmly encouraged! +@newsItem +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.6 released! @emph{November 3, 2012} -@newsEnd +We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.6. This +release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains +some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but +some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require +a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version. +@newsEnd @newsItem -@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.32 released! @emph{Mar 03, 2012} - -We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.32. This -release contains the usual number of bugfixes. +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012} -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. +We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.5. This +release contains the usual number of bugfixes and enhancements, and contains +some work in progress. You will have access to the very latest features, but +some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and crashes. If you require +a stable version of Lilypond, we recommend using the 2.16 version. @newsEnd +@newsItem +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 2012} + +We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. 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 2.15.31 released! @emph{Feb 29, 2012} +@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012} -We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.31. 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. -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. +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 3 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.30 released! @emph{Feb 17, 2012} +@example +@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html} +@end example + +Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by... -LilyPond 2.15.30 is out; this is the third 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}. +Main development team: -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 02 March 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us -@ref{Bug reports}. +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: + +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 + +Documentation contributors: + +James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil + +Bug squad: + +Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer, +James Lowe + +Support: + +Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes + +Translation contributors: + +Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada @newsEnd + + +