Re: Release schedule for 2.20

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Lukas-Fabian Moser" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>; "lilypond-user" <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: Release schedule for 2.20


> > But an increasing number of questions asked in forums or on the lists can 
> > be answered by “compile current master or wait for 2.21.0”. And a huge 
> > number of answers requires at least 2.19.xx but people understandably don’t 
> > want to install an “unstable” version.
>
> IIUC, the situation used to be: i) Rare-to-very-rare stable releases for 
> "normal" users, ii) frequent instable releases for those who wanted to use 
> the latest features. This seems to have changed due to the preparations 
> for the next stable release in that the instable releases stopped 
> appearing as well for the time being. Since at the same time, development 
> of new features goes on, people who want the latest features now have to 
> compile for themselves.
>
> (I, for example, just recently switched to self-compiled Lilypond because 
> of Malte's amazing work on the \haydnTurn which was prompted by my 
> question. To my surprise, compiling turned out to be quite easy, but of 
> course there /were /some slight dependency issues, /and /I'm running on 
> Linux which simplifies matters.)
>
> Question: How difficult/costly/... would it be to prepare a "daily build 
> from current master" for download? While this certainly would be overkill 
> during times when there's a new unstable release every few weeks or so, it 
> would I think, by way of contrast, highlight the status of the unstable 
> releases more clearly: "The stable releases are rock-solid; the unstable 
> releases usually work flawlessly but are subject to change; the daily 
> build is something for the reckless and impatient." (Whereas now, the 
> latter is the way people tend to think about the /unstable /releases which 
> underestimates their quality.)
>
> Best
> Lukas


Are you referring to just a single (say Ubuntu) version of Lilypond, or the 
complete set of binary installations as produced in the release when you say 
a "daily build from current master"?

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Phil Holmes