On 1 January 2014 00:30, David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote: > Sven Axelsson <sven.axels...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Fantastic work everyone with getting version 2.18 out of the door. > > > > When I saw the release notice, I immediately wanted to update the > Homebrew > > formula (Homebrew is a package manager for Mac OS X). However, I was told > > by the maintainers that an update would not be accepted, unless Lilypond > > would compile with the default Guile which is currently 2.0.9. > > Where is the point in not allowing an upgrade from one version requiring > GUILE 1 to another one requiring GUILE 1? >
Good question. They have probably gotten stricter regarding there dependency policies. Or maybe this particular maintainer just had a bad day. Except for the Guile dependency, which is easily solvable, the Homebrew formula works just fine. > > I know that there have been plans of bumping to Guile 2 for a long > > time now. Is this something that is planned for the next release? > > Oh, definitely. It's not like it wasn't planned for 2.16 and 2.14. But > somebody has to do the heavy lifting. Of course. Any idea how heavy this lifting would be? I guess a thorough understanding of the Lilypond code base is needed, so it requires a real athlete. But if a mere weakling such as myself can do anything to help, I'd be more than willing. ☺ Happy new year everybody! -- Sven Axelsson ++++++++++[>++++++++++>+++++++++++>++++++++++>++++++ >++++<<<<<-]>++++.+.++++.>+++++.>+.<<-.>>+.>++++.<<. +++.>-.<<++.>>----.<++.>>>++++++.<<<<.>>++++.<----.
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