Re: Bug squad needs help to verify a critical bug on Mac OS X 10.4

[James Worlton]

On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:49, Colin Hall <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to ask for some help from the Mac users out there, specifically 
> those running version 10.4 of Mac OS X. You might have seen David Kastrup's 
> post earlier this month about a bug in Lilypond that is a roadblock for the 
> next major release of Lilypond which will be version 2.16.0.
> 
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-02/msg00107.html
> 
> Since then a candidate fix has been developed and it is included in the 
> latest development release of Lilypond, version 2.15.30. The bug squad would 
> urgently like to verify that the issue is fixed but we don't have access to a 
> Mac running Mac OS X 10.4.
> 
> If you have a suitable machine you can help by downloading Lilypond 2.15.30 
> and running it on your Mac, as follows:
> 
> a) Download Lilypond 2.15.30. See [2]
> b) Double click the app to run it.
> c) Confirm that the Lilypond user interface appears as expected
> d) Job done! Let us know by replying to this email or posting to the user or 
> bugs mailing lists. [3]
> 
> If you need further guidance on how to perform any of these steps please 
> reply to this email or contact the team via the mailing lists.
> 
> Alternatively, if you have a copy of Mac OS X 10.4 that you are no longer 
> using would you consider donating it to the Lilypond team? If so, please get 
> in touch, as I have suitable hardware on hand.
> 
> Cheers,
> Colin.

I have downloaded and successfully run the app for 2.15.30 on my OSX 10.4 PPC 
machine. Interface appears as expected, and compiles .ly files. 

Thanks!
James Worlton