Re: Reducing the number of open issues

2021-03-18 Thread Dan Eble
> On Mar 17, 2021, at 15:10, Jonas Hahnfeld wrote: > > Hi all, > > there are currently 1066 open issues at LilyPond's GitLab repository: > https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/issues > > I'd like to reduce this number: In the short term, I propose to close > issues with ~Patch::abandoned (

Re: Reducing the number of open issues

2021-03-18 Thread Federico Bruni
On Wed, Mar 17 2021 at 08:10:08 PM +0100, Jonas Hahnfeld wrote: In the longer term, I think it could make sense to hold a "bug bash weekend" and try to pick some low-hanging fruits. That would not be limited to developers to write patches, but everybody to try and reproduce old reports with the

PATCHES - Countdown for March 18th

2021-03-18 Thread James
Hello, Here is the current patch countdown list. The next countdown will be on March 20th. A list of all merge requests can be found here: https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests?sort=label_priority Push: !682 scm: export functions used in the default grob definition - Ha

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Aaron Hill writes: > On 2021-03-18 5:24 am, David Kastrup wrote: >> So "a feature I would like \fixed to have" is more a function of >> persuading a significant majority that your interpretation of \fixed >> f'' >> is clearly the best for the sake of all users. > > I would hope I made a good init

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-18 5:24 am, David Kastrup wrote: So "a feature I would like \fixed to have" is more a function of persuading a significant majority that your interpretation of \fixed f'' is clearly the best for the sake of all users. I would hope I made a good initial argument already. But to add

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread David Kastrup
Aaron Hill writes: > A feature I would like \fixed to have is to honor the note name of the > pitch so that you change that root note as well as the default octave. > This would be helpful when entering music in scales other than C, as > it lets you think about octaves in the relevant key signatu

Re: Test reader speed of Guile 3.0.6

2021-03-18 Thread Thomas Morley
Am Do., 18. März 2021 um 09:23 Uhr schrieb Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide : > > > Thomas Morley writes: > > > Am Fr., 12. März 2021 um 10:45 Uhr schrieb Thomas Morley > > : > >> > >> Am Do., 11. März 2021 um 22:47 Uhr schrieb Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide > > > >> > Do you already have results? > >> > >> C

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-18 1:55 am, Aaron Hill wrote: [...] We start the melody an octave higher than the reference, so it's octave indication is not ideal. *its [...] Otherwise, you'd have to say \fixed { c'' g, e, c } which is worse than just using absolute pitches. That should read: \fixed { c'' g, e

Re: \fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Aaron Hill
On 2021-03-18 1:05 am, Paul Scott wrote: Would it be reasonable to have \fixed optionally take it's starting point from its first pitch like \relative does? I jumped on this when this feature was added to \relative.  \fixed was the important reason I have now switched completely from \relative t

Re: Test reader speed of Guile 3.0.6

2021-03-18 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Thomas Morley writes: > Am Fr., 12. März 2021 um 10:45 Uhr schrieb Thomas Morley > : >> >> Am Do., 11. März 2021 um 22:47 Uhr schrieb Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide > >> > Do you already have results? >> >> Currently my regular job eats up all my time. >> Probably I'll find some free time at upcoming

Re: Test reader speed of Guile 3.0.6

2021-03-18 Thread Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide
Jonas Hahnfeld writes: > Am Mittwoch, dem 17.03.2021 um 23:05 +0100 schrieb Dr. Arne > Babenhauserheide: >> Jonas Hahnfeld writes: >> >> > IMHO not including a major rewrite of the entire reader into a bug-fix >> > release should have been the first step. Right now, if we asked for >> > guile-

\fixed and \relative

2021-03-18 Thread Paul Scott
Would it be reasonable to have \fixed optionally take it's starting point from its first pitch like \relative does?  I jumped on this when this feature was added to \relative.  \fixed was the important reason I have now switched completely from \relative to \absolute. Am I missing anything tha

Re: Test reader speed of Guile 3.0.6

2021-03-18 Thread Jonas Hahnfeld
Am Mittwoch, dem 17.03.2021 um 23:05 +0100 schrieb Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide: > Jonas Hahnfeld writes: > > > IMHO not including a major rewrite of the entire reader into a bug-fix > > release should have been the first step. Right now, if we asked for > > guile-3.0 during configure time (which we