On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 7:31 AM Freeman Gilmore <freeman.gilm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:04 AM Tim's Bitstream <tim...@bitstream.net> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Apr 26, 2022, at 9:32 PM, Freeman Gilmore <freeman.gilm...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 7:58 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >> >>> Freeman Gilmore <freeman.gilm...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>> > On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 3:50 PM David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: >>> > >>> >> >>> >> We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.23.8. This is >>> termed >>> >> a development release, but these are usually reliable. If you want to >>> >> use the current stable version of LilyPond, we recommend using the >>> >> 2.22.2 version. >>> >> >>> >> In this release, dropping Guile 1.8 support has finally become >>> possible >>> >> also for our sources. We'd like to dedicate this release to Ian Hulin >>> >> who was one of the first systematically working on our numerous >>> >> roadblocks for Guile 2 migration after tackling a few other high-level >>> >> problems. In the time spans where his health permitted it, he was able >>> >> to significantly reduce the amount of remaining problems for the >>> Guile 2 >>> >> migration after having started working on them in 2010, making the >>> goal >>> >> that we finally reached now more tangible for others to work on after >>> he >>> >> left us in 2015. >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> David Kastrup >>> >> >>> > >>> > Is there going to be a non binary version for windows coming soon? >>> >>> The source code is the same independent of operating system, so you >>> apparently don't mean "source code" when you say "non binary". What >>> would your expectations of a "non binary version for windows" be? >>> >>> -- >>> David Kastrup >>> >> Ok i see it now, but this was my problem. I know that the source code >> (binary) >> is usually the same for all but I have never worked with source code >> for LilyPond so when I read this, "Documentation writers and testers >> will generally want to download the latest binary:" with 5 binaries >> listed below, *Note, the colon should be a period;* and make it look >> like it is not the header for a listing. I may not b the only dummy out >> there!. >> Thank you, ƒg >> >> >> This sounds like a conversation at cross purposes. >> >> If you want to compile your own binary from source code, download the >> source code and follow the instructions that you will find in the directory >> (folder in Mac terms, don't know which language Windows uses). >> >> If you just want to install a working application, then download and >> install the appropriate one of the precompiled ones from that list. This >> is what I do because it is just a lot simpler. I haven't compiled from >> source in years since somebody else volunteers to do that for use with my >> system. >> >> Linguistically the colon looks fine to me, since it indicates "use one of >> the following:" >> > One of the following binaries. Sorry, that is the way I read it. > I understand what is meant now. But if you do not have a clue what a > binary is then My understanding of english is the header indicates that > there are 5 binaries. It is not my website so leave it as it is. It > has what I am looking for now that I am clear that Lilyond one binaries > for all. Like you, i am not interested i the binaries. > LilyPond does *not* have one binary for all. It has one source code for all. I think that there can be a bit of confusion here due to the fact that two elements in the list aren't binaries. There are three binaries: GNU/Linux x86_64, macOS x86_64, and Windows x86_64. Then there are two other links: Source code and instructions for building with MacPorts. Perhaps we could separate the binaries from the other links. That's what we do on the stable download page. HTH, Carl