Re: Beaming regression 2.15.39 compared to 2.14.2

[Phil Holmes]

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To: "Urs Liska" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: Beaming regression 2.15.39 compared to 2.14.2


> On 24 mai 2012, at 12:04, Urs Liska wrote:
>
> > Am 24.05.2012 11:57, schrieb Toine Schreurs:
> > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 05:13:55PM +1000, Nick Payne wrote:
> > > > In 2.14.2, the output for the second bar beams all five eighth notes
> > > > together, as I would expect. In 2.15.39, the first eighth note is not
> > > > beamed with the others:
> > > >
> > > > \relative c'' {
> > > >     \time 3/4
> > > >     c8 c c c c c
> > > >     r c c c c c
> > > > }
> > > It apparently is different from 2.14.2, but I would not call this a
> > > regression.
> > >
> > > In 3/4, I would like to have 6 eights beamed together, but if any
> > > rests are involved, the beaming should be per quarter in order to
> > > preserve the 3-beat character. In:
> > >
> > > \relative c'' {
> > >    \time 3/4
> > >     r4 r8 c c c
> > >  }
> > >
> > > the default beaming in 2.14.2 gives an impression of a 2-beat, which 
> > > should
> > > be avoided.
> > >
> > > Toine Schreurs
> > >
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> > Just one comment, a question that I had several times when reading such 
> > reports.
> > Don't know if this applies here, but:
> > A regression is something that doesn't work in a later version and that 
> > has _deliberately_ worked in a previous version. I.e. something that has 
> > once been fixed to work in that specific way.
> > If it just was correct and isn't anymore, it isn't considered a 
> > regression but just a newly introduced bug.
> > Best
> > Urs
>
> Still a regression. Any change in behavior that is not fully accounted for 
> in the change log and that you feel leads to worse behavior than a 
> previous version is a regression.  People can then either report it as a 
> change, at which point it is a feature, or they can fix it, at which point 
> the old functionality is restored.


Looks to me like a bug in 2.14.2.  Beaming 5 quavers together doesn't give 
much clue to the beat pattern?

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Phil Holmes