commit ab037fb000d67e74eb7ed678c8302f339a5d064d
Author: Phil Holmes <mail@philholmes.net>
Date:   Sun Dec 8 15:18:10 2013 +0000

    Release: update news.

diff --git a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi
index d21890a..0d8b057 100644
--- a/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/web/news-front.itexi
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 @c used for news about the upcoming release; see CG 10.2
 
 @newsItem
-@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released!  @emph{November 24, 2013}
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.97 released!  @emph{December 8, 2013}
 
-We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
-a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18.  The
-developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.97 as
+a potential final beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18.  The
+developers believe this to be feature-complete, the
 documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
 overlooked.  For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
 latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
diff --git a/Documentation/web/news.itexi b/Documentation/web/news.itexi
index d864d4c..c0a4e9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/web/news.itexi
+++ b/Documentation/web/news.itexi
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ NOTE:
 @end ignore
 
 @newsItem
+@subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.96 released!  @emph{November 24, 2013}
+
+We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.96 as
+a further beta release for the upcoming stable release@tie{}2.18.  The
+developers believe the release to be feature-complete, the
+documentation to be accurate, and no important issues to be
+overlooked.  For upgrading the syntax of your input files to the
+latest version, see @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly, Updating files with convert-ly}.
+Please test this release and report back any problems, see
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/website/bug-reports.html, Bug reports}.
+
+@newsEnd
+
+@newsItem
 @subsubheading LilyPond 2.17.95 released!  @emph{November 3, 2013}
 
 We are excited to announce the release of LilyPond@tie{}2.17.95 as
