On Jan 3, 2012, at 1:36 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >> If we refuse thinking about stable releases by taking GUB as an >> excuse, the grand next stable release that will benefit users of >> many operating systems is likely to fall in the class "too little, >> too late". > > I second David. Given that we develop within a GNU environment, bugs > specific to Windows and Mac shouldn't prevent stable releases. I can > even imagine that well announced release candidates for a new stable > version attracts developers to help fix issues with problematic > platforms. >
One in-the-middle approach is to check out package managers that are offering LilyPond releases. I know, for example, that brew offers a version of LilyPond on Mac OS X. If we provide a list of package managers and how-tos for the techno-phobic, that may be enough to maintain (and even grow) the user base. It has the added benefit of pointing people to better resources than those we could maintain in-house: I think that jEdit plus the brew version of LilyPond, for example, is a more compelling package than the GUI we distribute. Does Windows have its share of package managers that offer this sorta thing? Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel