Re: Introducing Hacklily, another online LilyPond editor

[David Kastrup]

"Hugh S. Myers" <address@hidden> writes:

>> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 7:43 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Joshua Netterfield <address@hidden> writes:
>>>
>>> > Hi Andrew,
>>> >
>>> > Absolutely, supporting other versions is on my TODO list, and I'll
>>> > post back here when it's done.
>>> >
>>> > I used the term "unstable" because I saw the term "unstable
>>> > development versions" [1] on the Lilypond website (e.g., at
>>> > http://lilypond.org/development.html), not because I have had any
>>> > issues with 2.19. I interpreted that (perhaps incorrectly — please
>>> > correct me if I'm wrong) as meaning that things are in flux such that
>>> > songs that were valid in one version might not be valid in the next
>>> > version.
>>>
>>> Correct.
>>>
>>> --
>>> David Kastrup
>
> 'OS that is not Windows'…so you are saying to hell with 7 out of 10 users?
> Well, that's one way to cut down on all that annoying customer noise!
>
> --hsm
> p.s. I write *multi-platform* modules for *CPAN *and yes it is a great deal
> of extra work but it is pretty much '*the right thing to do*'…

I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about here and why you
would break out in an operating system tirade because I replied to
Joshua that his idea of our use of "stable" vs "unstable" versions is
correct and thus a stable version seems inherently sensible as default
in connection with his web-based LilyPond editor.

-- 
David Kastrup