Re: long-term goals

[Urs Liska]

Hi David,

Am 23.02.2014 18:03, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I didn't want to post that because I'm not ready with it yet, but I
> > think I have to comment on this occasion.
> >
> > I was asked by the head of the "music informatics" (however the
> > correct English term would be) department of a University nearby for
> > suggestions for projects that could be assigned to students for their
> > bachelor, master or PhD thesis'. This will of course be a non-binding
> > list without guarantee that anything will be really done. But it _can_
> > provide nice input of man-power.
>
> Bachelor: rewrite and benchmark skyline algorithms according to specs
>
>            convert to GUILEv2 (that one's more like a term paper).
>
> master: derive, prove and corrobate the asymptotic behavior of former
>
>          refactor and create framework for outputs, adding XML output
>
>          refactor page output, adding several examples for user-defined
>          page layouts (with footnote layers suitable for critical typesetting)
>
>          redesign and refactor engraver layers
>
> Phd:    design optimization specification framework, migration strategy,
>          bind page breaking into it, start migrating engravers
>
> And quite a bit more.  There is always the diffuse
>
> Bachelor:
>          benchmark a whole lot and improve the hotspots until deadline
>          approaches

thanks for this list. I will note them, although I'll probably need more 
specific information about many of them because I can't easily 
understand what you mean by them.
And: Please take into account that I _have_ to stress the musicological 
perspective, while many of your suggestions are more generic or "core" 
improvements.

Do you see the idea of making LilyPond a "usable" library in this 
context? That is, could such projects contribute significant parts 
towards such a goal?
I think this possibility could be a big push towards using LilyPond as a 
rendering engine for current and future "digital edition" projects.

Urs

> > I will write together a list with projects, but explicitly from my
> > (i.e. the musicological) perspective. I already have such a document,
> > but that's more a personal sketch.
>
> Nothing wrong with that...