Re: SOLVED (Re: stepmake in lilypond)

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2015-12-18 at 13:19 +0100, David Kastrup wrote:
> Villum Sejersen <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > On 18-12-2015 09:31, David Kastrup wrote:
> >
> >> Villum Sejersen<address@hidden>  writes:
> >>> [...]
> >>>> Nope. What parts of stepmake LilyPond needs are included in LilyPond
> >>>> itself.
> >>> Well, that's good to know, but where is it documented?
> >> Documenting all non-dependencies would be excessive.
> >
> > Then I suggest that at least 1.9 in INSTALL.txt should be
> > reformulated. As written now it is really confusing, leading - as I
> > did - to expect to have to look for an external dependency.
> 
> It says:
> 
>     1.9 Build system
>     ================
> 
>     We currently use make and stepmake, which is complicated and only used
>     by us.  Hopefully this will change in the future.
> 
> "Only used by us" does not sound like an external dependency.  And 1.2.2
> and 1.4.2 deal with dependencies.  Why would you expect information
> about dependencies to come far after compilation instructions?
> 

but "Only used internally" might be clearer. "Only used by us" could be
interpreted as "LilyPond is the only project left on the planet needing
it"

Richard