----- Original Message -----
From: "Janek Warchoł" <[email protected]>
To: "Thomas Morley" <[email protected]>
Cc: "lilypond-user" <[email protected]>; "Phil Hézaine"
<[email protected]>; "David Nalesnik" <[email protected]>;
"LilyPond Developmet Team" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: maintaining advanced power-user Scheme functions
After some thinking, i came to the conclusion that LSR should be
redesigned.
Fristly, it should be a git repository, to make collaboration easy -
when something's a git repository, i have a habit of contributing
stuff there on every opportunity, because even if i do something wrong
i can undo this.
I'd guess you're in a minority of about 1% of users who would prefer using
git to using a web interface. The current web interface allows you to
copy-and-paste code directly in, or alternatively to type it directly in.
Both are simple and quick. To use git propoerly requires installing a new
program and learning how to use it. Remember yesterday when you recommended
a whole book about how it's used? If that doesn't put off casual
contributors, nothing will. I started work on LilyPond by adding regtests
to the LSR. If git had been required, I wouldn't have done so.
Secondly, i think that it shouldn't depend on any particular lilypond
version - in fact, it shouldn't actually run any lilypond in my
opinion. I believe that LSR should hold both snippets' code and their
output, with lilypond version clearly stated, and thus allow to post
snippets for any lilypond version. It would just be a collection of
snippets.
The benefit of it running LilyPond is that it shows the result of the code
on the fly - no need to create and upload images. This is another
significant benefit.
I could elaborate on this topic, but as i don't have time to actually
do something about it it probably wouln't make sense (unless someone
wanted to lead such a change - then i would gladly help).
best,
Janek
It doesn't need much changing - the main problem is maintaining the web
site.
--
Phil Holmes
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