X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fweb%2Fnews-front.itexi;h=ecfd86d77319740faf3b10004beb3645687470ec;hb=bba1403ff3cb24eb35d23a43ae656ff4b02031c9;hp=8eb89f8f075e115f088b9618a79ed498770ab37b;hpb=dd8a184cfb8065d987bc658f33647cc47ad2feaa;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi index 8eb89f8f07..ecfd86d773 100644 --- a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi +++ b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi @@ -8,112 +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 Release candidate 6 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.38 released! @emph{May 3, 2012} +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released! @emph{November 9, 2012} -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}. +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 -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}. +@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 takes part in Google Summer of Code 2012! @emph{April 25, 2012} - -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. +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.5 released! @emph{October 20, 2012} -Our contributor Janek Warchoł was accepted for 2012 edition of GSoC. -He will be working on advanced lyrics positioning in LilyPond. +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 Release candidate 5 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.37 released! @emph{April 19, 2012} +@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.4 released! @emph{October 6, 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 -@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 03 May 2012. If you discover any problems, please send us -@ref{Bug reports}. +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 Release candidate 4 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.36 released! @emph{April 6, 2012} +@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released! @emph{August 24, 2012} -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}. +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. -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}. +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 The LilyPond Report #25. @emph{Apr 1st, 2012} +@example +@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.16/Documentation/changes/index.html} +@end example -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! +Happy music typesetting! LilyPond 2.16 was brought to you by... -Come -@uref{http://news.lilynet.net/?The-LilyPond-Report-25, read -LilyPond Report 25} now; comments and contributions are -warmly encouraged! +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 2.15.35 released! @emph{Mar 28, 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 -We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.35. This -release contains the usual number of bugfixes. +Documentation contributors: -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. +James Lowe, Pavel Roskin, Alberto Simoes, Stefan Weil -@newsEnd +Bug squad: +Colin Campbell, Eluze, Phil Holmes, Marek Klein, Ralph Palmer, +James Lowe -@newsItem -@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.34 released! @emph{Mar 19, 2012} +Support: + +Colin Campbell, Christian Hitz, Phil Holmes -We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.15.34. This -release contains the usual number of bugfixes. +Translation contributors: -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. +Jean-Charles Malahieude, Till Paala, Yoshiki Sawada @newsEnd + +