Re: battle-plan for 2.5 development

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> > Well, I'd think of an email-based (and for much money also phone-based)
> > support for *users*, i.e people who don't want to be bothered with a
> > compiler, but have to get work done. Ideally the questions would be
> > answered by persons who know lily in her deepest core, and if bigger
> > problems arise, also travel to the customers (for good money, of course!).
> [..] 
> When it comes to making a boxed lilypond (possibly including some kind of 
> support), it's not at all obvious that the lilypond team must create it. It 
> could just as well be an independent company (like Red Hat) which has 

OK.

Can we stop this discussion? This is about what you and I are going
contribute ourselves. Not what "an independent company" is going to
do.

> experience of boxing free software. I think it's a good idea to let the 
> lilypond team focus on developing lilypond as a high-quality music
> engraver;

The lilypond team would be very glad if they could do so;
unfortunately, the bills have to be paid as well, which means that we
have to do other, less-exciting, stuff as well. Of course, it would be
the coolest if I could devote 100% of my time to lily, so I'm always
interested in ways of earning money for myself with lily.

(For the record: amount of donations over 2004 so far is about EUR
75. Not exactly a good living.)

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