Re: Issue 2109 in lilypond: do not tinker with the position of a pitched rest

[lilypond]

Comment #14 on issue 2109 by address@hidden: do not tinker with the  
position of a pitched rest
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=2109

Assuming the input code for comment 13 was
  \new Staff \with {
    \override StaffSymbol #'line-count = 6  % also 5, and 7
  } \relative f { \clef alto b2 b\rest c c\rest d d\rest e e\rest }

old LilyPond placed pitches rests correctly only when the pitch lies on a  
line in a default staff, varying the relation between pitch- and  
rest-location.

new LilyPond places them in a constant relation to the pitch, so they are  
correct when the pitch lies on a line in the staff actually being drawn

The new behavior is probably a bit easier to use.

Problems
1) The regression test added by the patch, however, produces recognizable  
rests with the old code, and what appear to be errors with the new code.   
Pál, pleas change this so the regression test shows desired output.   
Otherwise, we will be confused in six months and might reverse your change  
trying to 'fix' the output of the regtest.

2) The bug report gives no description of the desired output after the  
change, just a link to a patch.  I think the bug squad is asked to mark  
these Validated as soon as the change appears in a release, without  
reviewing the change.  Likewise I don't bother reviewing the code in these  
cases.