On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 03:55:52PM +0200, Joseph Wakeling wrote: > On 09/20/2010 05:27 PM, Graham Percival wrote: > > Excellent reference! That book is frequently quoted on this list, so > > this should settle any question of "is it necessary". > > Does that settle the matter adequately? :-)
No, because it's not in the issue tracker. My guess is that there's a 50-80% chance that this thread produces another 20 emails, then ends, and nothing happens. Then in another 4-6 months, I stumble across issue 694 again, and we start the cycle again. Please send a minimal example and a short explanation, with scans, to the bug list. Not the devel list. Due to our limited volunteers for the bug squad, they don't read -devel. Also, write the explanation for typical users, not developers -- because that's what the bug squad (mostly) is. Also*2, write the explanation for non-music-theoreticians and non-group-theory-math-people, because you shouldn't assume that the bug squad members are familiar with those concepts. You can include a link to this discussion, so that people who want tons of details can find them. Again, I'm not trying to be a jerk, but I've seen tons of useful-seeming discussions die out without producing any code and without archiving the useful material anywhere, and then a few months (or years) later the discussion happens again. For better or worse, we've decided to use the google issue tracker as a central location for feature requests. For better or worse, we can barely scrap together enough non-technical users to have a bug squad. If you work within those boundaries, you'll have a much better chance of something getting done. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel