Release: bump version.

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 573fbcfde4403c2afa5756d6c4658388f33d6324..bc5d95abfc0eb872cc0cd9915bb8de20f08de5e7 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME=LilyPond
 MAJOR_VERSION=2
 MINOR_VERSION=17
-PATCH_LEVEL=8
+PATCH_LEVEL=9
 MY_PATCH_LEVEL=
 VERSION_STABLE=2.16.1
-VERSION_DEVEL=2.17.7
+VERSION_DEVEL=2.17.8