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Re: New release


From: Peter Toye
Subject: Re: New release
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 18:39:38 +0000

Thursday, February 6, 2020, 5:29:00 PM, David Kastrup wrote:

> Peter Toye <
address@hidden> writes:

>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 17:57:20 +0100
>>> From: David Kastrup <
address@hidden>
>>> To: Gianmaria Lari <
address@hidden>
>>> Cc: Phil Holmes <
address@hidden>,  LilyPond User Group
>>>         <
address@hidden>
>>> Subject: Re: New release
>>> Message-ID: <
address@hidden>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain

>>> Gianmaria Lari <
address@hidden> writes:

>>>> Hello Phil,

>>>> I downloaded and I'm trying to install the windows version.

>>>> Is it normal that 2.19.84 version tries to install itself it in the old
>>>> folder "LilyPond2.19.83"?

>>>> Have a look to the attached screenshot.

>>> I suspect that it just tries installing into
>>> the same directory that you
>>> directed it to install to with the last
>>> invocation.  That this contains
>>> a version string is not detected.  It would
>>> likely be an interesting
>>> change to the installer to search for such
>>> patterns and replace them,
>>> but since the installer is not generic to LilyPond but a
>>> Windows-specific GUB component, that change
>>> would likely require some
>>> knowledgable surgery.  Alternatively I am not
>>> sure whether Frescobaldi
>>> does not offer a means to download and install LilyPond versions.

>> I've just had a quick look at Frescobaldi and can't see anything on
>> its menus which implies that you can install Lilypond. Unless it's
>> well hidden.

> I think you are right; at least I cannot find anything like that in
> 3.0.0.  I thought that this was being discussed at some time, but I
> don't know what the conclusion or any resulting action was.

I'm stll on 2.20.0

Peter


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