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Re: Release schedule for 2.20
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Phil Holmes |
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Re: Release schedule for 2.20 |
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Wed, 9 May 2018 15:46:54 +0100 |
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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
- Release schedule for 2.20, Aaron Hill, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, David Kastrup, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Phil Holmes, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Malte Meyn, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Lukas-Fabian Moser, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20,
Phil Holmes <=
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, David Kastrup, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Phil Holmes, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Lukas-Fabian Moser, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, David Kastrup, 2018/05/09
- Re: Release schedule for 2.20, Werner LEMBERG, 2018/05/09