Carl Sorensen wrote Wednesday, December 07, 2016 4:39 PM On 12/7/16 2:49 AM, "Andrew Bernard" <andrew.bern...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>I have offered on more than one occasion on the list to do the Python >>port. I have been knocked back, to be more accurate, strongly >>discouraged, each time. As somebody with over forty years of software >>development experience, I have the skills required, but not only that I >>have the time and the motivation, and the inclination to help. I have >>maintained for a long time that a Python upgrade is valuable, especially >>after not having a current version of Python prevented me from doing some >>task quite some time ago (I no longer remember which! But no matter.). I >>am perfectly aware that the outcome of the work is Œnothing changes¹ >>but this is not the point. It provides the way forward for lilypond to >>keep current with Python. I currently have the time and energy to do this >>work. Is there anybody at all who would support this idea? Surely this >>has to be done at some point in time. Why not now? After all, we are >>attacking the guile 2 matter currently, and similar arguments have been >>made against doing that in the past. > >The proper place to have this discussion is on the -devel list, not the >-user list. I say this not as a complaint, but as a help. > >If you'd like to update python, by all means have a go at it! We always >welcome changes from people who have something they want to do and do it >well. > >We wouldn't be excited about having somebody say "you ought to change to >Python 2.7", but I'd personally be happy to have somebody say "I'm willing >to change to Python 2.7". It will be a big job, but if you're up for it, >great! > >I'm looking forward to your contributions! I agree with Carl - yes, it's an enormous job, but as soon as someone starts it gets a little smaller. Even just investigating what needs to be done and documenting it would be a great start. Some devs don't read the -user list, so posting your offer on the -devel list would get more feedback. Trevor _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user