Re: A contribution (was Re: snippet to properly align dynamics with expressive text)

[Richard Shann]

On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 08:44 +0200, Urs Liska wrote:
> 
> Am 08.07.2017 um 16:58 schrieb Simon Albrecht:
> > On 08.07.2017 15:49, Richard Shann wrote:
> >> I was intrigued by this, as I have a patch to the figured bass formatter
> >> that has been hanging around because the route to making contributions
> >> that I knew about involved a virtual machine which I can't get working
> >> on my current system.
> >
> > The method Urs named is possible with openLilyLib, but not with the
> > LilyPond source.  That
> > means you would have to get a VM to work, or install a Unix system in
> > parallel – both a lot of
> > effort for one small patch obviously.  Or you just e-mail your patch
> > to the devel list and ask for
> > someone to shepherd it through the review process and into the code
> > base for you, which is done
> > from time to time.
> >
> > Best, Simon
> 
> I have to add something here.
> 
> Simon is correct that I described a method for openLilyLib, not
> LilyPond. The Github copy of the LilyPond code is not up-to-date and is
> basically a mirror that *can* at any time made ready for people to
> contribute with a lower entry barrier than setting up a developer
> account on LilyPond's proper repository.
> However, this would still require a developer *with* such an account to
> process a patch, i.e. pull it to his local machine and upload it to
> LilyPond as a patch for review. So nothing would be won with that for
> your use-case, Richard.
> 
> HOWEVER:
> Linux (i.e. for you, a virtual machine) is required for BUILDING
> LilyPond, not actually for contributing. If you don't have that you by
> definition can't do any modifications that require building LilyPond but
> you can only work on the LilyPond and Scheme files.
> 
> What you need for contributing, i.e. sending patches into the review
> line and eventually the code base is:
> 
> * Git
> * git-cl
> (http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/contributor/git_002dcl)
> * Accounts on the sourceforge tracker and the savannah git repository
> 
> git-cl is a Python script, so that should be possible to install on any
> computer.
> So essentially, if you are planning to contribute .scm or .ly files only
> (and as you don't have a build system I assume this is the case) I'm
> sure you can set up a proper contribution toolchain on your OS of choice.
> 
> Urs

Thanks for this - very clear.

Richard