Re: Lilypond newbie can't compile

[Richard Shann]

On Sat, 2017-05-20 at 10:05 +0200, Manuela Gößnitzer wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> 
> well, I think the Lilypond-Homepage should be updated so  that the
> latest "developer"-version is strongly recommanded. Compiling a
> sourcefile is a batchjob, so where is the harm done when it crashes?
> 
The harm is that users assume the problem is with their code and spend a
lot of time trying to find what they have done wrong.

Richard