Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-12 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/10 : > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 > candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: Now I think understand the whole point of this alternative form of distribution. Every fan of an OS or distribution is also a fan of its package type. Windows users prefer doub

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-11 Thread lilypond
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:15:57AM +0100, Valentin Villenave wrote: > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:49 AM, wrote: > > By and large, the project is already providing what FreeBSD > > LilyPond users want and need: a good product, built from clean, > > open source code which is highly portable to run o

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-11 Thread Frank Wuest
Hello, Von: Graham Percival >Technical reasons?  not many.  Cultural reasons?  they don't like >binaries. Actually, there are two significant technical reasons: the official FreeBSD packages are usually a bit behind on updates, and if you're running an older version of FreeBSD, packages may

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-11 Thread Valentin Villenave
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:49 AM, wrote: > By and large, the project is already providing what FreeBSD > LilyPond users want and need: a good product, built from clean, > open source code which is highly portable to run on a variety of > platforms.  Well done, all of you. Hi Jim, would you by a

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread lilypond
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:08:45AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > > >> Remember: I don't use FreeBSD. Only you can answer this question and > >> thus tell us in what way what we are offering currently is a waste of > >> time and effort. > > > > Nah, I can answer the question. :) > > > > Relax. H

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread lilypond
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:00:43PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > > So what is the difference as compared to the version on the LilyPond > download page? What makes the download for FreeBSD that we offer less > desirable? I am only one person, and I cannot make global, objective statements about

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread David Kastrup
Graham Percival writes: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:00:43PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: >> lilyp...@umpquanet.com writes: >> >> > Forgive me, I don't mean to be evasive. The official FreeBSD >> > ports tree includes only 2.14.2 at present (as the print/lilypond >> > port). Given that a call f

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:00:43PM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > lilyp...@umpquanet.com writes: > > > Forgive me, I don't mean to be evasive. The official FreeBSD > > ports tree includes only 2.14.2 at present (as the print/lilypond > > port). Given that a call for testers was made recently, I >

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread David Kastrup
lilyp...@umpquanet.com writes: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 01:33:01AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Is there a reason you don't want to answer Francisco's question? Is >> there a reason you don't want to tell FreeBSD users why they should >> prefer your "ad-hoc port" over the official distribu

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 01:15:39PM -0800, lilyp...@umpquanet.com wrote: > This port provides a minimal framework compatible with the > FreeBSD ports system which permits any ports-enabled BSD system > to use standard BSD management tools (portupgrade, pkg_delete, > etc.) to build, package, install,

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread lilypond
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 01:33:01AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > > Is there a reason you don't want to answer Francisco's question? Is > there a reason you don't want to tell FreeBSD users why they should > prefer your "ad-hoc port" over the official distribution for FreeBSD? > > > What version

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread Graham Percival
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:59:34AM +0100, David Kastrup wrote: > Francisco Vila writes: > > > 2012/3/10 : > >> FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 > >> candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: > >> > >> ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar > > > > What m

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread David Kastrup
Francisco Vila writes: > 2012/3/10 : >> FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 >> candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: >> >> ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar > > What makes it different from http://lilypond.org/unix.html#Download-3 ? I'd rather say

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread David Kastrup
lilyp...@umpquanet.com writes: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:51:01AM +0100, Francisco Vila wrote: >> 2012/3/10 : >> > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 >> > candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: >> > >> > ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar >> >> Wh

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-10 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/10 : > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:51:01AM +0100, Francisco Vila wrote: >> 2012/3/10  : >> > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 >> > candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: >> > >> > ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar >> >> What makes it differen

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-09 Thread lilypond
I must correct my omission of acknowledging the help of Pietro Cerutti in creating this port. His expertise and assistance is greatly appreciated. On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 03:40:20PM -0800, lilyp...@umpquanet.com wrote: > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 > candidate ma

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-09 Thread lilypond
On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:51:01AM +0100, Francisco Vila wrote: > 2012/3/10 : > > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 > > candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: > > > > ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar > > What makes it different from http://lilypon

Re: lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-09 Thread Francisco Vila
2012/3/10 : > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 > candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: > > ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar What makes it different from http://lilypond.org/unix.html#Download-3 ? -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.o

lilypond 2.15.33 available as a FreeBSD port

2012-03-09 Thread lilypond
FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 candidate may download an ad-hoc port from: ftp://umpquanet.com/pub/lilypond-devel-2.15.33.tar To install it, you should first de-install any previously existing version of lilypond. Then, as root: # cd /usr/ports # tar xvf /tmp/lilyp