Re: Can I help porting to python 3?

[Karlin High]

On 1/22/2020 10:20 AM, Arusekk wrote:

> I would like to help porting lilypond python scripts to python 3.

There is an ongoing effort in this area, largely by Jonas Hahnfeld. Here 
are what I believe to be current references to it.

Link to email thread in lilypond-devel mailing list archive:

<https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2019-12/msg00156.html>

Issue tracker:

<https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5646/>

Code review:

<https://codereview.appspot.com/553420043>

Git branch:

<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/lilypond.git/commit/?h=dev/hahnjo/python3>


> 2) is there a policy on how to split changes into commits (or
> guidelines, whatever to call it),
>
> 3) where to test / send partial commits to,
>
> 4) how to file the final version for review and merging.
>
> I can start porting as soon as I know what to start from, and prefer to
> use a GitHub fork for my commits and submitting a pull request if it is
> up to me to decide.

The LilyPond Contributor's Guide is probably the best reference for 
those questions.

WEB:
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/contributor/index.html>

PDF:
<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/contributor.pdf>
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Karlin High
Missouri, USA