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Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12)
From: |
Carl D. Sorensen |
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Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12) |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:42:12 -0600 |
On 9/22/08 5:54 PM, "Graham Percival" <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:07:16 -0600
> "Carl D. Sorensen" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 9/22/08 4:39 PM, "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a version with fret diagrams, Reinhold's
>>> suggestion and a few other tweaks. Is this
>>> better?
>>>
>> I like it
>
> I don't. Yes, fret diagrams are very important to guitar players.
> But dodecaphonic accidentals are very important to twelve-tone
> composers. Harp pedals are very important to harpists. Arbitrary
> microtonal accidentals are very important to Turkish musicians, as
> well as a vast number of people writing academic compositions.
>
> At least a third of the items in the NEWS are "very important" to
> one particular group of musicians; I really think that we should
> only list items that are "very important" to *everybody* in the
> release notes.
>
> ...
> I really don't want to put down the amazing work you did on the
> transposabl FretBoards...
I don't know that transposable FretBoards qualifies as "amazing work"; it's
just my itch that I was _finally_ able to scratch. I don't consider your
suggesting something else as the release notes feature a put down.
> but actually, if I were to pick one
> thing from that previous list, I'd go with the arbitrary
> microtonal accidentals. That opens up the use of lilypond to a
> huge number of extra people; guitarists could still get stuff done
> with 'pond before the new FretBoard stuff.
I'm OK with that. I'd be fine with microtonal accidentals as a great new
feature to add. I just think we should have *something* in the release
notes, rather than just saying "lots of unspecified great features".
Thanks,
Carl
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, (continued)
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Trevor Daniels, 2008/09/22
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2008/09/22
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Trevor Daniels, 2008/09/22
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2008/09/22
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Trevor Daniels, 2008/09/22
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Reinhold Kainhofer, 2008/09/22
- Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12, Carl D. Sorensen, 2008/09/22
- Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Trevor Daniels, 2008/09/22
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Carl D. Sorensen, 2008/09/22
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Graham Percival, 2008/09/22
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12),
Carl D. Sorensen <=
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Han-Wen Nienhuys, 2008/09/22
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Reinhold Kainhofer, 2008/09/22
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Trevor Daniels, 2008/09/23
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Graham Percival, 2008/09/23
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Francisco Vila, 2008/09/23
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Francisco Vila, 2008/09/23
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), Till Rettig, 2008/09/24
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), John Mandereau, 2008/09/24
- Re: Release text (was Re: Lilypond code/feature freeze for 2.12), xpdf, 2008/09/24
- Re: Release text, David Kastrup, 2008/09/25