Re: New LilyPond website

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno gio 1 dic 2016 alle 1:48, John Roper <address@hidden> 
ha scritto:
> Why specifically do we *need* to use textinfo? If I could make a new
> system that would auto generate the docs that works with the current
> system would you use it?

Good question, if limited to the website (don't touch the 
documentation, as it's extremely complex).
What about discussing the constraints and requirements of a different 
build system for the website? If such a discussion was encouraging, I'd 
be happy to try to find a solution and hopefully work with other 
persons to make it possible.
At least we would have a concise list of requirements for the next 
person who will offer to renovate the website.

Il giorno ven 2 dic 2016 alle 21:29, John Roper 
<address@hidden> ha scritto:
> This has turned into quite a bigger problem than I expected. I 
> understand your reasons, but as a more modernistic designer and 
> developer, I don't agree with most of your descisions no offense or 
> problem. I just don't think I am the best person for the job.

John, you resisted more than I would have expected. I wonder if we'll 
ever see "the best person for _this_ job".
It's not the first time and it won't be the last that we lose a 
potential contributor to the website. We discussed about this last year:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2015-07/msg00108.html

Probably there's some communication problem.
Long-time LilyPond developers maybe can't see how hard and non-sense 
can be for a modern web developer having to do with texinfo, texi2html, 
etc. Especially if you intend to make substantial changes, as John did. 
I guess that they don't see the many flaws of our current web 
infrastructure.