Re: ly2musicxml / possible sponsoring

[Paul]

Hello Christoph,

On 01/16/2017 04:24 AM, Christoph Hagemann wrote:

> I'm a music professional in Germany. A few years ago I set a large-
> scale orchestral project in lilypond (score around 200 pages). Now the
> publisher wants MusicXML data. I understand there was some work done on
> an export function during last year's GSoC.
>
> Is there any chance for completion? If it helps, I'm willing to put an
> resonable amount of money into this and fund the completion of this
> feature.

I'd probably be interested in working on this, especially if you are 
willing and able to sponsor the work to some extent.  (Maybe others 
would also be willing to contribute?)

This was a GSOC 2015 project, and I have a copy of the code. Looking at 
it again, it seems that it should at least be possible to get it to 
where it could be used.  As is, it should cover some of the needs you 
listed[0], and perhaps more could be added.  (Now that guile2 support 
has reached a somewhat-usable state, that will help since guile2 is 
required for the musicxml conversion.)

We should discuss details and expectations, as I wouldn't want to 
over-promise and under-deliver.

I'm curious about your time frame.  Are there deadlines?

Kind regards,
-Paul Morris

[0] The README file says: "Currently limited to single-voice 
SequentialMusic contexts of notes, chords, articulations (not all are 
supported, such as early-music or instrument-specific examples), key 
signatures, time signatures, and clefs"