Re: sustainable development in LilyPond

[Trevor Daniels]

David Kastrup wrote Wednesday, August 04, 2010 11:27 AM


> "Trevor Daniels" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > 1) There is no architectural overview and no program logic manual 
> > to
> > guide new developers through the early stages.
> > This has the advantage that only experienced and expert
> > coders able to deduce the design from the source code are
> > able to contribute significantly, ensuring high quality.
>
> I consider that reverse logic.  The problem is that you are likely 
> to
> have people reinventing the wheel, leading to a loosely connected 
> garden
> of code written by x, code written by y.... where everybody has 
> his own
> ways and subroutines for solving particular subtasks.

Yes; I worded it badly.  I meant, "The only advantage this has
is that ...".  You correctly point out the outweighing
disadvantages.

It was clear, I hope, that I am advocating better documentation,
not less.

Trevor