Graham Percival <gra...@percival-music.ca> writes: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:58:37PM +0200, Philip Thomas wrote: >> >On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Philip Thomas <philip.tho...@bluewin.ch> >> >wrote: >> >> I should mention that I'm no programmer. (And I wouldn't be offended >> >> by a polite "thanks, but no >> >> thanks".) > > I'm afraid that my first reaction is "thanks, but no thanks". See > below. > >> >On Tuesday 12 June 2012 at 22:29, Janek Warchoł >> > <mailto:janek.lilyp...@gmail.com> wrote:> >> >If you want to contribute to LilyPond, chapter "quick start" in >> >Contributors' Guide >> >(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor-big-page#quick- >> >start) >> >tells you how to setup your working environment. > > Be warned that the CG is not actively maintained. I estimate that > approximately 20% of the advice in the CG misleading, and 10% of > the advice is harmful. It was not intended to be harmful, of > course, but when policies and the technical layout of lilypond > development change but the CG is not updated, the end result can > be worse than giving no advice at all. > > I cannot in good conscience encourage anybody to become involved > with lilypond development at the present time unless they have a > mentor. It would, of course, be really nice if somebody like > Janek offered to mentor you on this.
While I applaud the magnitude of your conscience, I consider your sense of responsibility overblown. I would have no qualms encouraging people into trying to get involved. They can expect some friction, naturally, work they do unnecessarily. That's a possible source of frustration. It can be minimized by asking for feedback. Now if things are as bad as to make 80% give up eventually, it means that 20% eventually manage to contribute. 20% is more than the 0% we get following your recommendations. Now of course, you are also trying to pitch in for a mentor. I don't see that as a cureall. Doesn't harm to try, though. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
