Re: Is it about time to start preparing 2.26?

Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:56:48 +0000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> So my proposal would be that I backport the remaining changes to
> stable/2.26 before the end of the week (thanks for labeling the
> merge requests, I haven't had the time yet to go through the list).
> 
> Then I will try to build the binaries on Sunday, April 19, and
> upload for some last-minute testing. The final release would be
> Tuesday, April 21.

Sounds good, thanks.

> "We dedicate this release to Urs Liska, who passed away in December
>  2024.  Urs was a prolific advocate of real-world use of LilyPond
>  and one of the initiators of OpenLilyLib.  He co-organized a Music
>  Engraving Conference at the Mozart University in Salzburg in 2020
>  as well as a LilyPond meeting, bringing together the community and
>  developers.  Urs will be remembered as a kind contributor, whose
>  enthusiasm for music engraving inspired others."

Very nice, thanks again.

Perhaps we should mention that in 2014 he published songs by Oskar
Fried, which were typeset with LilyPond; it was awarded as a 'best
edition'; see

  https://miz.org/de/nachrichten/dmv-vergibt-guetezeichen-132best-edition147-an-neun-publikationen-n10798


    Werner