On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 03:56:53PM +0000, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > On a larger scale, I am somewhat disappointed that a lot of the latest > lilypond efforts seem to be centered around janitorial work. While > janitorial work is often useful and a good way to introduce yourself > to a code base, it should not become the focus of either development > or discussion about development.
Seriously? I'm *amazed* at all the work that Mark has been doing. Despite the handicap of using windows (can't compile lilypond, doesn't have the handy development environment+tools we take for granted on windows), he's doing a _fantastic_ job! I know that I always used to say "oh, you don't need to compile the C++ to do lots of work on lilypond programming", but I never actually knew what I was talking about. :) That's not to say that Carl and Neil are slouches when it comes to programming, of course! They're also doing a great job of helping Frogs, reviewing patches, etc. I really think that the lilypond developer community is now healthier than it has been for years: we have a wide range of ability levels (i.e. the "next generation" is currently being mentored), we have a fairly robust culture of reviewing each other's patches, etc. Ok, the patch-reviewing (and not losing!) could be a _bit_ stricter. But it's much better to have too many patches floating around than not enough! And as more and more of the Frogs mature, we'll have more reviewers, since any Frog will remember the agony of waiting anxiously for somebody -- anybody! -- to review their patch. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
