2012/3/10 <lilyp...@umpquanet.com>: > FreeBSD users who wish to test the recently-released 2.15.33 > candidate may download an ad-hoc port from:
Now I think understand the whole point of this alternative form of distribution. Every fan of an OS or distribution is also a fan of its package type. Windows users prefer double-clicking on setup.exe. Debian users prefer .deb which they install with dpkg, apt-get, gdebi or whatever. If, as an Ubuntu user myself, a download page offers me several alternatives, I'll choose .deb package if there is one. Even better if a source line I can configure does make the package to update automatically and be fully integrated with the software chooser of my system. Development releases of LilyPond, however, are different: it's immediate to run a sh installer and to install with a specific command. Distributions are usually rather slow at packaging, and they prefer stable versions. Also, lilypond usually comes along with a whole LaTeX install, which is excessive. That said, if we could offer standard packages for distros, they will be very appreciated by the community. -- Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain) www.paconet.org , www.csmbadajoz.com _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
