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@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.21 released!  @emph{June 30, 2013}

We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.21.  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.

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@subsubheading LilyPond blog moved!  @emph{June 29, 2013}

The LilyPond blog, which was previously hosted on
@uref{http://lilypondblog.wordpress.com/, wordpress.com}, has moved
to a new domain: you can now find it at
@uref{http://lilypondblog.org/, lilypondblog.org}!

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@subsubheading LilyPond blog.  @emph{June 2, 2013}

Janek Warchoł has created a LilyPond blog.  It's currently hosted on
Wordpress - follow @uref{http://lilypondblog.wordpress.com/, this link} to read
it and to contribute.

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@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.

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@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!
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@subsubheading LilyPond 2.16.1 released!  @emph{November 9, 2012}

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.
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@subsubheading Lilypond 2.16.0 released!  @emph{August 24, 2012}

We are proud to announce the release of GNU LilyPond 2.16.1.
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.

Many improvements have been made in the past year since the previous
main stable version. A few major improvements are: 

@itemize
@item
Support for kievan square notation
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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:

@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...

Main development team:

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 

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