Re: Quit [now definitely O/T]

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> I think that sums up very well why somebody would prefer not working
> with Lilypond.  Not only do you have to rely on expert advice, but the
> main advice is "please do what an expert would do, or shut up".

Please show me where I said anything resembling "shut up"...?
I'm sorry if you inferred something like that, but I certainly  
neither meant it nor [in my opinion] implied it — and I *certainly*  
didn't explicitly type anything of the sort.

> If there is no reasonable way to become an expert

As we both (all) know, there IS a "reasonable way to become an  
expert" at Lilypond — it just may take more effort than with a point- 
and-click interface like Fin/Sib, and that (unfortunately) may be too  
much to ask of many people/users.

Naturally, I wish that the barrier-to-entry were lower.
And, like others, I am making material efforts to lower that barrier  
all the time.

> Now I am in the situation of being an expert _programmer_.  If you had
> actually bothered taking a look at recent postings of mine, you would
> have noticed that I am trying to get some functionality into Lilypond.

I *have* "actually bothered taking a look at recent postings" of  
yours — in fact, I thoroughly read almost every post on this list.  
Hence, I had noticed that you are contributing, and was therefore  
wondering aloud if you would be adding more functionality to solve  
the problem(s) you were highlighting — specifically, I wondered if  
you were able [technically] to do so, and might be doing so in the  
near future: “Any chance you can/will improve it?”

> if there is roadmap, design and vision, I have not yet been able
> to find it in the obvious places I have been looking for.

Then I think that needs to be fixed — suggestions on where in the  
documentation this roadmap/design/vision should be?

> I don't see that anything is gained for chastising me for my  
> impression.

Once again, I ask you to please point out exactly (with quotations)  
where I “chastised” you... since I clearly didn't intend to, I want  
to know how to avoid having my intentions misinterpreted in the future.

Cheers,
Kieren.