Re: RFC: new vertical layout engine

[Joe Neeman]

On Sun, 2009-07-26 at 14:54 -0700, Graham Percival wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 04:24:03PM -0400, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> > Hello Joe (et al.),
> >
> >> (It's not that I'm afraid of building Lilypond, it's just that  
> >> spending three days
> >> installing the prerequisites is currently low on my list of  
> >> priorities.)
> >
> > I've spent about two days trying, and I'm still running into problems  
> > which I don't have the time or savvy to decode right now...  =\
> > I'd love to give Joe's spacing algos a whirl immediately, but if I have 
> > to wait for the next release so be it.
> 
> Given that we know it's an improvement, and it's being done by a
> very reliable developer, I'm perfectly happy having this merged in
> now.  Including it in GUB 2.13 binaries is the only way to reach
> widespread testing, after all.

Although I'm flattered to be deemed "very reliable," there are some
known issues that I want to fix before merging (like Neil's assertion
error, once he sends me that file). Also, I'd appreciate any comments
people have for the patch up on Reitveld...

Joe