"Phil Holmes" <m...@philholmes.net> writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Kastrup" <d...@gnu.org> > To: <lilypond-devel@gnu.org> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 5:44 AM > Subject: Re: google summer of code > > >> Janek Warchoł <janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> 2012/2/9 Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca>: >>>> >>>> Probably something like GSoC for "grace timing" would be overkill. >>>> OTOH, if a student starts from a blank slate and mentoring is not >>>> doing half the job already on its own, there might be less time left >>>> after a _good_ solution has been implemented than one might think. >>> >>> Sorry, i don't understand. Do you think that grace timing is too >>> small or too big for GSoC? >> >> It _sounds_ too small, but may turn out to be quite a number. >> Basically, it requires a solid understanding of iterators, analyzing the >> music events occuring in grace situations, designing iteration orders >> useful for typesetting and MIDI replay, and making everything work with >> them. Iterators are not really the best documented corner of LilyPond. > > That might be another good avenue for a GSoC proposal - improving code > documentation, which would therefore make it easier to get new > contributors on board.
Well, code janitor training must be one of the least sexiest projects imaginable. Of course, companies will be battering down your door for such a rare and ass-saving skill set. The NIH-annihilator. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
