Hi, 2014-02-15 18:54 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca>: > > 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. 2014-02-15 18:46 GMT+01:00 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org>: > st...@linuxsuite.org writes: > >> I will select examples of ties and slurs from Goldberg on 2.18.0 and put >> together a minimalist >> exposition for discussion. >> >> So, I guess the final solution is to do some programming work. >> Hmm... what if we paid someone to do the work? Can we raise money >> through kickstarter for this kind of project? > > It definitely depends on who "we" is. It also depends on who "someone" > is. > [...] > > On the other side of the equation, you need someone to do the work, and > the LilyPond code base is humongous and complex. If you don't want to > spend 3/4 of the money (if you are lucky) for getting someone acquainted > with the code, you'll probably need to look for people with previous > experience. _And_ available time. Exactly. Hiring a "regular developer" (someone not particularly interested in Free Software and LilyPond) would probably cost us something like $10000 (although my knowledge of the market prices shouldn't be trusted). That's way too much. However, someone already interested in LilyPond/music engraving/Free Software (or a talented CS student wanting to get experience in a real-world project) could probably do this for a fraction of a cost. Two people come to my mind: Mike (Solomon), and my cousin Franek who recently told me that he might be interested in working on ties after he finishes another project (which should happen in April). I don't think Franek or Mike would want $10000 for this job ;-) (Franek is already a bit familiar with ties, as we researched them together during this summer). If all goes well (i.e. i earn as much money as i hope), i'll be willing to put $100-$200 into this. best, Janek _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
