On Monday 06 October 2003 04:24 am, Chris Cannam wrote: > Um... I thought I'd tested the current Lilypond output with both 1.6 > and 1.8 (or rather 1.7.20, which is basically 1.8). I don't know > what the differences are, though.
The differences between 1.6 and 1.8 are relatively trivial, and the thing to do there is probably to continue to support only the lower version, and depend upon users running convert-ly to update the files so that they will work with 1.8. > I'll test it again with both of those, and then I should go and get > 2.0 and take a look at that too. With 2.0 OTOH, it's going to be completely buggered. I don't have 2.0 yet myself, but I do know that convert-ly won't do the update, and there are substantial changes, necessitating some real attention. Hopefully nothing on the order of an algorithm rewrite, but it's non-trivial enough that this is a point of no return. We either export for multiple targets (which is IMHO a slippery slope), or we pick *one* target and stick with it, which cuts someone out somewhere. My Lilypond advisor suggests that the correct course is to update for 2.0 and force users to upgrade to 2.0, FWIW. In his opinion, that's what the Lilypond community would expect. What I worry about are people who want to use this, but who aren't really part of the Lilypond community. I'm a prime example of such. I don't care if I'm running an old version of Lilypond. I don't want to be forced to upgrade. The thing to do for *me* would be to leave it the hell alone, but if we do that, it will only be a matter of time before someone whines about not being able to use RG-exported files on the version of Lilypond that came bundled with Mandrake 9.2 or whatever the flavor of the month is. -- Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621 http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/ ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
