long-term goals (was: Lines and Ties and Slurs oh my!)

[Janek Warchoł]

Hi,

2014-02-15 21:16 GMT+01:00 Janek Warchoł <address@hidden>:
> 2014-02-15 18:54 GMT+01:00 Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden>:
>>
>> 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.

No volunteers?  :-(
Kieren, i'm not sure if it's not too late for this, but _maybe_ i'll
manage to write something down anyway.

best,
Janek