Re: LilyPond 2.23.6 released

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 21:35 +0100 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Jonas Hahnfeld via LilyPond user discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
> writes:
> 
> > Am Mittwoch, dem 09.02.2022 um 09:23 +0100 schrieb Mats Bengtsson:
> > 
> > > On the other hand, the previous installers can't be installed without
> > > admin rights either, so the new Zip distribution is at least a step
> > > in the right direction for Win users without admin rights
> > 
> > Yes, this is one of the motivations *not* to use an installer. It also
> > makes having multiple versions and removal of old versions no-brainers
> > 🙂
> 
> One of the selling points of Frescobaldi is that it can entertain
> multiple installed versions of LilyPond.

Yes, if you manage to install them. IIRC the Windows installer proposes
to uninstall previous versions of LilyPond. You can specify a versioned
directory for installation, but that's a manual step that the majority
of users probably won't take.

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