Hello, On 3 January 2012 12:53, Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> 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. > > From a support perspective, not releasing the windows and mac versions > at the same time is problematic. Many questions and bugreports that > could be answered with "upgrade to the latest version" all of a sudden > start depending on the platform that the user is using.
Yes, Han-Wen beat me to that point. So if 2.14 works on OSX but 2.16 doesn't then the user has no choice but to stick with 2.14 or use a 2.15 branch both which are no no longer being developed. That is a pain to troubleshoot There is some wonderful work gone into 2.15 that isn't (and never will be in 2.14) that the user-base will miss out on. > >> Given that we develop within a GNU environment, bugs >> specific to Windows and Mac shouldn't prevent stable releases > > I don't see how this reasoning works. You do stable releases for > users, not developers. Beautifully put. As a side note, I came to LP via MacOS X + Lilypad, and ran with windows only because it is my OS at work. Now I use Linux for all my LP work and LilyDev in a VM for Dev and doc work (so LilyPond-Book is not a problem for me and having LilyDev in a VM even if it is in a Linux OS itself - allows me to use VBox's snapshot for testing or reverting when I run into git issues or build issues), in fact my Windows LP work is virtually nil now, unless a user or dev asks for some second verification. My question to David, because I am not getting where the 'ire' is coming from, why do you care if we release dev after dev release vs stable? -- -- James _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel