Hi Janek (et al.), >>> I’ve know someone at Carnegie-Mellon University who is well-connected >>> in the computer and music departments (he is both a composer and a >>> programmer). >>> I approached him recently with the idea of getting involved with Lilypond. >>> >>> He said: >>> >>>> One possibility is that sometimes there are software engineering projects >>>> looking for tasks, so I might be able to point a class project at Lilypond >>>> in the future. >>>> I'm curious if there's a short summary of the direction for large-scale >>>> work on Lilypond. >>> >>> Is there something we can forward to him, so that he can take it to his >>> department and/or colleagues for consideration? If we could convince >>> a major university to take on [some or all of the] programming — >>> for single projects or the whole enchilada — I think it would be >>> a big boost to the ‘Pond. >> >> That would be extremely cool! >> As for the list of long-term projects, i don't think we have any >> (which is very bad for the project imo). I would be happy to write >> something down if there is at least one other developer interested in >> reviewing and expanding it. > > No volunteers? :-( > Kieren, i'm not sure if it's not too late for this, but _maybe_ i'll > manage to write something down anyway.
With all due respect for everyone’s time, I am bringing what is in my opinion an unprecedented opportunity to the Lilypond team — and I’ve got no response worthy of bringing back to my contact. Can nobody give me an “official” answer for him? Thanks, Kieren. _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
