On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:07 PM, Phil Holmes <m...@philholmes.net> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Solomon" <m...@mikesolomon.org> > To: "LilyPond Users" <lilypond-user@gnu.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:23 PM > Subject: survey on multiple development versions > > > Hey all, > > I recently e-mailed the development list about multiple concurrent > development versions and I’d like to ask users, especially those currently > using the development version, to take the time to respond to a question > regarding the proposal. > > If lilypond.org were to propose multiple development versions (say 5 instead > of 1), each offering a different set of experimental features (including the > canonical development version), and if lilypond.org offered information on > which versions were in need of testing by what types of users, would you be > interested in helping out by doing some typesetting with these alternative > versions? > > Cheers, > MS > _______________________________________________ > > It seems to be fixing a problem we don't have. What would be the benefit? Currently, LilyPond development is down from the level it was 2-3 years ago in terms of people proposing ambitious improvements (medieval music, footnotes, page breaking algorithms, etc.) with the exception of David’s work. I think that at least part of the reason for this is because of difficulties integrating large projects into the main branch. > It might make more sense to think about improved ways of creating stable > releases during a continuing development cycle. What you say above is a more general way to state the program. Generally, we need to figure out how can we have a robust continuous development cycle benefiting from multiple players while continuing to create stable releases. The survey I’m sending out is trying to gage one way that user participation may help in this - it is certainly not the only way. Cheers, MS _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
