Re: contributor's guide 10.2.8 Python

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Tarenskeen" <address@hidden>
To: "lilypond-devel mailinglist" <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 11:06 AM
Subject: contributor's guide 10.2.8 Python


> Hi,
>
> 10.2.8 of the contributors guide says
>
> "Python is used for XML2ly and is building the documentation and the 
> website"
>
> Sounds a bit incomplete to me. XML2ly is musicxml2ly I guess. And what 
> about midi2ly, lilypond-book, abc2ly, convert-ly?

I think you're right.  A patch to correct this would be welcome.

> Also I was hoping to find info about the required/recommended Python 
> version here when I was browsing the docs. Maybe that info can be found 
> somewhere else?

It looks like the Python on my windows install is 2.4.5.

> BTW: Are there any thoughts about switching from Python 2.x to Python 3.x 
> somewhere in the future?


I don't believe so.  A lot of the GUB build relies on Python, and it also 
creates a shipping Python by a mechanism I don't believe anyone currently 
understands.  Is there a good reason to want to?

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Phil Holmes