Re: Quit [now definitely O/T]

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi David,

> It's not as bad as the numbers suggest.  The ratio of serious  
> developers
> who will balk at getting their development environment up and running
> will not be all that large.

That may be true, but irrelevant to my point: the vast majority of  
the potential/actual "serious [new] developers" for Lilypond don't/ 
won't use Linux — any additional obstacle (over the Linux setup)  
needs to be addressed and removed, if we are to attract those  
(desperately needed) new developers.

> I think that the user base is affected more than the developer base.

Possibly, but again irrelevant (or at least orthogonal) to the  
discussion: I think that 100% of the new developer base will have  
started as part of the user base, since it seems unlikely to the  
point of impossibility that a random non-Lilypond-using developer  
(Linux-based or otherwise) will suddenly decide to join the dev team  
out of sheer good will.

Regards,
Kieren.