Pavel Roskin <[email protected]> writes: > On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:00:02 -0500 > Carl Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This, to me, sounds like a "plug-in" solution is needed, at least for >> things that do not involve changing the C++ code (and maybe even >> then). > > I would hate the situation when I download a source for a piece of music > and find that it requires a obscure plugin that was written for an old > version of Lilypond ten years ago and never updated since then. > > The lifespan of music is much longer than the lifespan of Lilypond > versions. We should try to keep Lilypond scores maintainable for years > and maybe decades from now. Plugins can create problems. > > I'm not against plugins, it's just something to think about.
In the LaTeX universe, packages survive rather long before becoming unusable. Binary plugins tend to last less long. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
