Re: Solution to 7 over sqr(71) time against integer polyrhythms

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 22.11.2016 um 08:26 schrieb mclaren:
>>  If that's really the philosophy behind
>> Lilypond, this forum should shut down right now and post the following
>> message:
>>
>> IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEM OR CRASH OR PROGRAM HANG WITH LILYPOND, FIX IT
>> YOURSELF. DON'T BEAT YOUR CHEST COMPLAINING, JUST DO IT YOURSELF.
>>
>> Somehow I don't see that message being sent.  
>
> Well said.
>
>> Instead, there's a recognition
>> that Lilypond is a piece of code that may have limitations. And those
>> limitations may affect real musicians in the real world. So you've got a
>> community of people who will try to help out when someone encounters a
>> problem.
> well, that's true - if you extend the last sentence with "..., reports
> it in an appropriate manner and helps with what is necessary to pin down
> the issue."
> Which is exactly *not* what you've done.

The technical details and examples are not significantly worse than what
others have reported and gotten help for (possibly after improving their
requests/reports based on the initial feedback).

It really boils down to behaving like a mature adult among peers.

-- 
David Kastrup