- Original Message -
From: "David Kastrup"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: LilyPond 2.17.4 released
David Nalesnik writes:
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling
wrote:
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This version contai
Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote Monday, October 08, 2012 1:19 PM
> I think this is the best way to characterize it. You might want to rephrase
> it
> slightly to make it more personal to the reader:
>
> -
> This version contains work in progress. You will have acces
David Nalesnik writes:
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling
> wrote:
>
>> -
>> This version contains work in progress. You will have access to the very
>> latest features, but some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and
>> crashes. If
Jan Nieuwenhuizen writes:
> David Kastrup writes:
>
>> Negative connotation. But reversed (see below) it is not actually that
>> bad.
>>
>> "it is strongly recommended that only experienced users try working with
>> this release. Everyone else is encouraged to use the stable 2.16
>> version ins
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling
wrote:
> -
> This version contains work in progress. You will have access to the very
> latest features, but some may be incomplete, and you may encounter bugs and
> crashes. If you require a stable version of Li
On 10/07/2012 01:22 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
I'd rephrase the first two sentences as
This version contains work in progress. Only users who are prepared to
deal with crashes or unexpected ...
+1
I think this is the best way to characterize it. You might want to rephrase it
slightly to make
David Kastrup writes:
> Negative connotation. But reversed (see below) it is not actually that
> bad.
>
> "it is strongly recommended that only experienced users try working with
> this release. Everyone else is encouraged to use the stable 2.16
> version instead."
>
> Something like that.
Why
"Users should not be using this release"? No, I don't want to employ a
simple descriptive term like "user" as a caste label. That seems even
worse than "normal users".
In this context I agree it doesn't sound good. I'd reformulate the
sentence to mention that this specific release is suitab
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Stefaan Himpe wrote:
>
>> I got a bikeshed to pluck here, namely "normal users". Can we find a
>> different wording for that? I have no good idea right now, but I find
>> that my dislike for this wording does not improve.
>
> Just use the word "users". Devs know t
- Original Message -
From: "David Kastrup"
To: "Phil Holmes"
Cc:
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: LilyPond 2.17.4 released
"Phil Holmes" writes:
"it is strongly recommended that only experienced users try working w
Stefaan Himpe writes:
> Hi there,
>
>> I got a bikeshed to pluck here, namely "normal users". Can we find a
>> different wording for that? I have no good idea right now, but I find
>> that my dislike for this wording does not improve.
>
> Just use the word "users". Devs know they have other opt
Hi there,
I got a bikeshed to pluck here, namely "normal users". Can we find a
different wording for that? I have no good idea right now, but I find
that my dislike for this wording does not improve.
Just use the word "users". Devs know they have other options.
Best regards,
Stefaan.
"Phil Holmes" writes:
>> "it is strongly recommended that only experienced users try working with
>> this release. Everyone else is encouraged to use the stable 2.16
>> version instead."
>>
>> Something like that.
>
>
> "This version has not had extensive testing, and so only users who are
> wil
- Original Message -
From: "David Kastrup"
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: LilyPond 2.17.4 released
Janek Warchoł writes:
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:13 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
"Phil Holmes" writes:
We are happy to announce the
Janek Warchoł writes:
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:13 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
>> "Phil Holmes" writes:
>>
>>> We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
>>> release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
>>> recommended that normal users do not use this release
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Janek Warchoł wrote:
> "it is strongly recommended that only developers use this release.
> Everyone else should use stable 2.16 version".
The wording I've used for the upcoming LilyPond Report is: "this
version is intended for testing purposes and not production
On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:13 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
> "Phil Holmes" writes:
>
>> We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
>> release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
>> recommended that normal users do not use this release, and instead
>> use the stable
"Phil Holmes" writes:
> We are happy to announce the release of LilyPond 2.17.4. This
> release contains the usual number of bugfixes. It is strongly
> recommended that normal users do not use this release, and instead
> use the stable 2.16 version.
I got a bikeshed to pluck here, namely "normal
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