@c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
+@newsItem
+@subsubheading Release candidate 1 of 2.16 - LilyPond 2.15.8 released! @emph{Aug 01, 2011}
+
+LilyPond 2.15.8 is out; this is the first 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 08 Aug 2011. If you discover any problems, please send us
+@ref{Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+
@newsItem
@subsubheading LilyPond 2.15.7 released! @emph{July 29, 2011}