Re: Linking 64-bit Mac builds from website

[Marnen Laibow-Koser]

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 3:45 PM Jahrme Risner <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 12:23, Marnen Laibow-Koser <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>
> I
> > hope we can switch all platforms away from GUB,
>
>
> I do too. It’s a good idea in theory, but *way* too complicated.
>
> so this likely needs a
> > general solution then.
>
>
> Whatever we build here can probably be the first step toward one. Besides,
> who knows how long it will take to get rid of GUB? I don’t want to force
> Catalina users to wait for that to happen in order to easily use LilyPond.
>
> Claiming that Catalina users do not have an easy way to use LilyPond is
> your opinion. While you have made it clear previously that you personally
> do not find MacPorts to be sufficiently “easy”, I would like to point out
> that its LilyPond port has already been updated to 2.20.0 and is in use.
>

OK, then let me rephrase: I don't want to force Catalina users to wait for
that to happen in order to use LilyPond *without a package manager*, and I
don't want to force Catalina users to install a package manager that they
don't otherwise need solely in order to use LilyPond.


> One benefit of using a package manager is that casual users do not need to
> track when a new version is released, the new version will just appear in
> their list of packages eligible for an update. Unless you are considering
> adding a “check for updates” capability to the .app bundles, that is
> something that cannot be done through static releases.
>

That is absolutely irrelevant to the present discussion.  If you don't want
to use the .app bundles, don't.

Best,
-- 
Marnen Laibow-Koser
address@hidden
http://www.marnen.org