At 11:41 on 30 May 2020, Wim van Dommelen wrote: > Hi Carl, > > When I go to: https://bintray.com/marnen/lilypond-darwin-64 I see three(3) > builds/packages (2.19.83, 2.18.2 and 2.20.0), each with a link to a tar.gz > file. Downloading, unpacking and dowloading each gives me a LilyPond.app > directory with the usual files underneath it. Running this .app file is > caught by the Apple security check, so I lowered my defenses temporarily by > allowing this app to proceed. Btw, bottomline it downloads it from > cloudfront.net . I can only assume this is safe (-(|.. > (It would be nice to have a sha checksum so I can test that file indeed to be > what marnen produced originally.)
There is a sha256 checksum on each download page, e.g.: https://bintray.com/marnen/lilypond-darwin-64/lilypond-2.20.0 > Running from the Mac Applications folder then works, the example-file does a > typeset, I will test more later on. > > Running it as a command-line program (for make or any script wanting to > compile a set of music) is yet another problem, it complains about the Python > Info.plist being badly formatted, it doesn't produce the minimum "--version" > output but hangs in that. Have to look into that later also... Convert.ly > --version seems to run though. > > But when I then browse around a little bit to get some feeling of what this > platform is, whether it is something I could use, I see a button "Pricing" > ($150/month?, Open Source registration in the bottom), "Sign in", "Start your > free trial", etc. That gets me feel a little uncomfortable. Is this wrapping > everything, where will we end? > > Regards, > Wim. > >> On 29 May 2020, at 23:32 , Carl Sorensen <c_soren...@byu.edu> wrote: >> >> Wim, >> >> I'm not sure what you mean by these things. >> >> The links worked perfectly for me, and there was neither registration nor a >> charge. >> >> Carl >> >> On 5/29/20, 12:39 PM, "Wim van Dommelen" <m...@wimvd.nl> wrote: >> >> Hi Karlin, >> >> I've seen this setup. It has (at least) two problems: >> - most of the links are broken, trying to do a straightforward download is >> almost impossible >> - when I register myself, I'am to pay for this platform >> >> Has LilyPond come so far now?, When will it be ready to be sold out and >> split for other people's profit? >> >> Regards, >> Wim. >> >>> On 29 May 2020, at 19:43 , Karlin High <karlinh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 5/29/2020 11:29 AM, Wim van Dommelen wrote: >>>> Is there somebody already working on a proper 64-bit compile of LilyPond >>>> for the new Mac OS X 10.15.4 "Catalina" version? >>> >>> Yes: Marnen Laibow-Koser has produced this. >>> >>> I haven't seen a build yet for the 2.21 series, though. >>> -- >>> Karlin High >>> Missouri, USA >> -- Mark Knoop
