Re: survey on multiple development versions

[David Kastrup]

Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:00:02 -0500
> Carl Peterson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> This, to me, sounds like a "plug-in" solution is needed, at least for
>> things that do not involve changing the C++ code (and maybe even
>> then).
>
> I would hate the situation when I download a source for a piece of music
> and find that it requires a obscure plugin that was written for an old
> version of Lilypond ten years ago and never updated since then.
>
> The lifespan of music is much longer than the lifespan of Lilypond
> versions.  We should try to keep Lilypond scores maintainable for years
> and maybe decades from now.  Plugins can create problems.
>
> I'm not against plugins, it's just something to think about.

In the LaTeX universe, packages survive rather long before becoming
unusable.  Binary plugins tend to last less long.

-- 
David Kastrup