Re: Issue 800 melisma extenders

[Chris Snyder]

Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
>> In my opinion, the issue it addressed is much more annoying than
>> regression
>
> I beg to disagree: it fixes a special case, but breaks extender lines in
> general.

I disagree here - the cases where I encountered the bug were not 
anything out of the ordinary (it's quite common for lyrics to end before 
the end of a piece of music).

> I did not meant to offense you, but have your opinion: I have no idea of
> the
> background of this modification. But melisma extender lines are just 
broken
> now, this is something to consider.

I contend that they were also broken before - just for a different use case.

What we can agree on is that the best solution would be for both bugs to 
be fixed. I'll take a look and see what I can come up with.

(Sorry for the confrontational tone in my last message - I was 
frustrated with the lack of response to my earlier requests for help in 
addressing the issue, not anything you said)

Chris Snyder
Adoro Music Publishing
1-616-828-4436 x800
http://www.adoromusicpub.com


> > I offered to fix this regression a few months ago, and sent a couple 
> > of messages to lilypond-devel asking for help in determining the 
> > correct approach to take. Unfortunately, my requests went unanswered 
> > (and my second request, sent a month after the first, was rebuked as 
> > being too demanding, even though I wasn't asking for someone to fix my 
> > pet issue for me but was asking for advice from those more experienced 
> > with the code so that my patch wouldn't be DOA).
 I can live without seeing your patch
> reverted in master: I work with a custom LilyPond anyway, I just 
> reverted it
> on my working copy. But I don't think LilyPond is better now, regarding 
> vocal
> music.
>
> Nicolas