Re: 2.15.6 regtests

[Carl Sorensen]

On 7/27/11 9:53 AM, "David Kastrup" <address@hidden> wrote:

> "Phil Holmes" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> incompatible-stem-warning.log: lots of changed lines: a sample:
>> -/main/src/gub/target/linux-x86/src/lilypond-git.sv.gnu.org--lilypond.git-rel
>> ease-unstable/input/regression/incompatible-stem-warning.ly:16:20:
>> warning: adding note head to incompatible stem (type = 1/2)
>> +/main/src/gub/target/linux-x86/src/lilypond-git.sv.gnu.org--lilypond.git-rel
>> ease-unstable/input/regression/incompatible-stem-warning.ly:16:20:
>> warning: adding note head to incompatible stem (type = 1/4)
>>       << c'2
>>                     e'1 >>
> 
> Those are mine (it was the less invasive of two accidental commits, so I
> dit not revert it): the code unifies the stem types before deciding
> whether to complain, so there should be fewer warnings all in all.
> 
> However, this results in a warning being called out for a type 1/4 stem
> when there has been no 1/4 note (the 1/4 stem is the same as an 1/2
> stem).
> 
> If people find that too confusing, I can offer to save the original
> duration and use that for wording the complaint.

I would prefer that alternative, unless the overhead is significant.  This
error message is more confusing than it should be.

Thanks,

Carl