2015-04-23 12:37 GMT+02:00 Urs Liska <u...@openlilylib.org>: > > Am 22.04.2015 um 22:58 schrieb Thomas Morley: >> I don't think it's a problem to get new functionality into LilyPond, >> _if_ it's coded properly. >> Sometimes people are scared by a maybe too rough tone, though. >> >> [...] > > It *is* a problem, and not only about code quality. More than once I > abandoned a patch before the quality of the code was even considered but > because of fruitless discussions about use cases, when for example using > LilyPond to copy from existing sheet music is labelled a "private use-case > of a single developer". > So actually I'm not too motivated providing patches for LilyPond when I can > also implement what I need in openLilyLib. I think this is still better for > LilyPond than if I' had completely quit. > > Actually I'm quite convinced that this situation has a notable impact on the > overall development activiyt.
I agree with Urs - in my opinion LilyPond is not developer-friendly enough. Actually it's one of the reasons why I was away for so long - the friction in the community caused me to loose some motivation to work on LilyPond. And I'm not the only one. best, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
