On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 3:45 PM Jahrme Risner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 12:23, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I > > hope we can switch all platforms away from GUB, > > > I do too. It’s a good idea in theory, but *way* too complicated. > > so this likely needs a > > general solution then. > > > Whatever we build here can probably be the first step toward one. Besides, > who knows how long it will take to get rid of GUB? I don’t want to force > Catalina users to wait for that to happen in order to easily use LilyPond. > > Claiming that Catalina users do not have an easy way to use LilyPond is > your opinion. While you have made it clear previously that you personally > do not find MacPorts to be sufficiently “easy”, I would like to point out > that its LilyPond port has already been updated to 2.20.0 and is in use. > OK, then let me rephrase: I don't want to force Catalina users to wait for that to happen in order to use LilyPond *without a package manager*, and I don't want to force Catalina users to install a package manager that they don't otherwise need solely in order to use LilyPond. > One benefit of using a package manager is that casual users do not need to > track when a new version is released, the new version will just appear in > their list of packages eligible for an update. Unless you are considering > adding a “check for updates” capability to the .app bundles, that is > something that cannot be done through static releases. > That is absolutely irrelevant to the present discussion. If you don't want to use the .app bundles, don't. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser [email protected] http://www.marnen.org
