Re: Lilypond slow to start up on the Mac

[Edward Neeman]

+1 from me for very slow launch times with OS X using both 2.19 and 2.18 (about 
2 mins).

Though for me it only occurs for the first run after updating the OS. I assumed 
it has something to do with the fonts.

Best,
Edward
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Dr. Edward Neeman
www.neemanpianoduo.com



> On 25 Apr 2018, at 7:30 pm, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Andrew Bernard <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Hi Tim,
>> 
>> The development versions are very stable. I hammer them all day with
>> massively complex scores, and no problems arise. The term 'unstable' is a
>> self deprecating conventional trope of modesty used in the open source
>> world.
> 
> No, it means that any change/feature might not persist into the next
> stable version, and also that you may pick a bad version.
> 
> Basically, picking an unstable version is something you should not do if
> you are not prepared to update next month (or week) again.  Or be
> prepared to downgrade in the case of problems.  The stable versions are
> more of the "install and forget" kind of quality.
> 
> -- 
> David Kastrup
> 
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