On Dec 10, 2013, at 9:08 PM, Colin Campbell <c...@shaw.ca> wrote: > On 12/10/2013 06:41 AM, Carl Peterson wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Mike Solomon <m...@mikesolomon.org> wrote: >> 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? >> >> The problem I see is an issue of mixing and matching. What if there is a >> feature I want to use on Development Version A and one I want to use on >> Development Version B, within the same score? I also foresee a >> multiplication of the issues regarding who is using what version on this >> list, as in: >> >> Today: >> >> A: "I have this problem. I am using version 2.17.3" >> B: "We fixed this problem in 2.17.23" >> >> With multiple versions: >> >> A: "I have this problem. I am using version 2.19.A.3" >> B: "This was fixed on version 2.19.B" >> A: "Okay, that fixed that, now I have this problem." >> C: "This was fixed on version 2.19.C" >> A: "I'm confused. How do I fix both of these problems?" >> > > > I'm all for exploring options, but I truly believe this adds a level of > complexity we can't handle with existing resources and tools, for relatively > small gains or potential loss of live testing of beta-level code. > > Cheers, > Colin
Thanks for all the responses - they are very useful. It sounds like this is a bad idea. Cheers, MS
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