Re: 1.7 fixes

[Paul Scott]

Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:

> address@hidden writes:
>  
>
> > > ...>If the \mark had a two digit number the lack of quotes
> > >      
> > >
> > > > didn't cause any problems.  Putting in the quotes fixed it.
> > > >        
> > > This is a bug which I fixed in 1.7 CVS.
> > >      
> > So in 1.7 are the quotes necessary?  I'd like to move up to 1.7.x for the
> > ability to put text markup over block rests.  How stable is it?  I'm
> > currently running 1.6.8 on Cygwin.  To run 1.7 I'd have to run it on Linux
> > (just have to rearrange some furniture) wouldn't I?
> >    
>
> It's fairly stable. We're moving towards a 1.8 release now. The
> downside is that it requires GUILE 1.6, so you will have to install
> that by hand.
Guile 1.6 is packaged at Debian unstable.  LilyPond 1.6.6-2 in Debian 
unstable depends on Guile-1.6 (or Guile-1.4)

How far away is Lily 1.8 for Debian unstable?

Or were you only referring to Cygwin?

Paul Scott