>>>>> "David" == David Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> How about:
>>
>> The bugs list is for experienced lilypond users to report
>> malfunctions in the software. If you're having trouble learning
>> to use the software, you can get help on the lilypond-user list.
>>
David> The new user's answer to this is, unfortunately, "I'm not having
David> trouble learning to use it at all - it simply won't run! This is most
David> certainly a bug!"
David> Your text, while strictly true and strictly the correct thing to
David> write, is in fact misleading in this very strange case.
There are going to be other very strange cases where someone says, "I
*am* a programmer, and I *still* can't get this %^&&^&( thing to
work."
Not to mention the case a ways down the road when our new user has
figured out how to use the program and has found a real bug and feels
that the input isn't wanted because it doesn't come from a
programmer.
Thinking about my draft after sending it, I decided it erred in the
direction of not pointing out strongly how much the people on
lilypond-user want to help the new user. There should also be a
description of the purpose of lilypond-bug somewhere, but the right
thing for this purpose is to encourage the use of lilypond-user, not
to spread misinformation about bug-lilypond.
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