On 12 June 2011 12:16, Chris Sawer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am pleased to report that a plan is being put together to get Mutopia
> up-and-running again. Thanks to Valentin Villenave we are moving the
> source repository to a publicly accessible GIT server and starting a bug
> tracking system. This should allow us to divide tasks between a number
> of volunteers rather than one person having to do everything.
Yeah! Great news!
I was about to send an e-mail here asking for the future of Mutopia
(especially since the new stable version 2.14 of LilyPond is finally
out!).
> The following message has been posted on the website asking for volunteers:
>
> Project update June 2011
>
> Mutopia has not been actively maintained for around a year. However a
> new team is being put together to work through the backlog and get
> Mutopia up-and-running again. Could you help us? We are looking for
> volunteers to help with the following roles:
>
> - Adding new contributions sent to us
> - Applying corrections to existing pieces
> - Upgrading pieces written with old LilyPond versions
I can help with that, please count me in!
Pieces written with really old versions of LilyPond could be problematic
for new users of LilyPond (and not only new ones!).
> - Redeveloping website (programming)
> - Redeveloping build scripts (programming)
I'm afraid this is beyond my capabilities, but I'm pleased to hear there
are plans to improve the website and so on. :)
> - Translation of website
> - Delegating incoming e-mail ("front desk")
> - Answering legal queries (English)
> - Answering general queries (English)
> - Answering queries in non-English languages
> - Maintaining projects in progress page and chasing/removing old ones
I could give a hand with that too, although I know there are people much
talented than me in these matters.
> Any help that can be offered will be appreciated. Thanks to Javier
> Ruiz-Alma who is looking at applying corrections to existing pieces.
>
> The backend is currently an unpleasant mixture of Perl and Java but I am
> looking to move to Python for both the website and build scripts. A
> start has already been made on this.
Nice!
It's good to hear you'll be there.
> I would like to apologise to all those who have contributed pieces and
> sent corrections that have not yet been added to the website. I hope we
> can work through the backlog over the next few weeks.
>
> I think Mutopia is still unique in offering sheet music with full source
> files that can be edited using free software. I hope we can maintain it
> as a useful resource going forward.
Thanks you for this update and for your implication Chris!
Cheers,
Xavier
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Xavier Scheuer <[email protected]>
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