Re: New LilyPond website

[David Kastrup]

Karlin High <address@hidden> writes:

> On 12/3/2016 4:42 AM, Federico Bruni wrote:
>> John, you resisted more than I would have expected. I wonder if we'll 
>> ever see "the best person for _this_ job".
>
> And, I have been admiring John's patience and flexibility. He faced more 
> resistance than I would have expected. Work on the website has an 
> oil-and-water requirement - modernize the website by building on systems 
> that are ancient by the web-development standards of today.
>
> In the 2 website-redesign discussions I've witnessed so far, I get the 
> impression that the LilyPond community is a bit of a tough audience for 
> web developers.

Absolutely.  Usually a web designer expects to bring his own tools to
the job and do it with them.  With LilyPond, that would cut ties with a
lot of other LilyPond technology.

It's sort of a "rent-a-cook" business where the cook has to use the
tools he finds in the house, and they are basically leftovers from a mad
genius a century ago.  Very good for what they are, but stone age and
partly hard to recognize for what they are.

> I don't mean that in a bad way; it's just that people here are more
> typesetters than graphic designers.

Make no mistake: it is a bad job, and it gets worse the more of a
professional you are.  Hobbyists are more tolerant to learning absurd
but good tools for a one-off job.

I also have been admiring John's patience and flexibility, and it is a
pity that the situation finally got the better of him.  I hope it isn't
the last word, though.

> I like Urs Liska's idea of having a wiki or contributor guide entry for 
> web developer work.

Yes, it makes sense.

-- 
David Kastrup