Re: Issue 800 melisma extenders

[Chris Snyder]

Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As was reported on 
<http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=800>
> a regression was introduced by patch
> 7531ea6b3bb254f4d82aabde347a91671533b45a:
>
>     Fix lyric extenders to end properly when there are notes but no more
> lyrics.
>
> As this patch aims at fixing a robustness, somewhat unusual, case, and
> breaks
> the general behavior of melisma extender lines, may I propose to revert
> this patch?
> It's really annoying.

In my opinion, the issue it addressed is much more annoying than 
regression - I had multiple scores that would have extender lines going 
for pages at a time, well after the lyrics were finished, to the end of 
the piece.

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).

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