On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:00:30AM +0100, Phil Holmes wrote: > Surely an alternative is to have an archive of stable version > installations?
We have that already: http://lilypond.org/old-downloads.html > We could advise users who require that their work > will compile into the future to ensure it will compile on current > stable. Then, if they need to recreate it, the just download that > version. This is definitely a possibility. Although if that's how we want the LilyPond project to function, then I think this should be stated explicitly on the website in a manner similar to http://lilypond.org/easier-editing.html I believe in giving people enough information to make an informed choice. Text input is one "element" (some people would say "disadvantage") that I made sure that we inform users about before they download lilypond; an explicit lack of forward compatibility is another "element" that we should be up-front about, if that's what we decide. > @GP - I know this isn't what the question is about, but is there no > way of rolling back to a version of Lily which will compile your > files? Oh, of course I could compile an old version (or just use the GUB binaries above). There may be some library problems, but in a pinch I could grab a debian iso from 5 years ago, slap that into virtualbox, and run with it. A better solution would be to treat "updating old lilypond scores" as a hobby -- schedule 1 hour a day, spend one month, and I'd probably be done. Or at least, it would be updated to 2.14. Hopefully future updates wouldn't take as long; say, something like 5 hours a year keeping my scores up-to-date? However, that thought doesn't fill me with joy and motivation to use lilypond. I hate doing regular maintenance. I'd rather spend 100 hours up-front instead of spending 1 hour a year for the rest of my life (and no, I don't expect to live for another 100 years; I acknowledge that this is not a rational choice). - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel