Han-Wen Nienhuys <[email protected]> writes: > 2009/3/16 David Kastrup <[email protected]>: > >>> The problems with fixing a build system is that it is a major time >>> sink without any obvious benefits, >> >> Well, one need not replace the innards. However, adapting the names of >> the basic targets and what they do should be reasonably easy. > > as always, patches will be thoughtfully considered.
It appears a bit disingenuous to me to answer "I can't figure out what does what and why" with "congratulations, then it is your task to figure this out to a degree where you can not merely use it, but rather redesign and change it". I am aware that this is the most common form of brush-off employed in Open Source projects. I am maintaining projects myself, and have limited amounts of time for the maintenance. And that means that some things just don't get done. But I try not blaming my users for that. And "patches will be thoughtfully considered" is pretty close to "first try doing all the work, and if you are lucky, we won't just chuck it into the bin without comment". It might just be a case of unfortunate phrasing, but I can't feel it to be the most effective way to stoke enthusiasm. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
