Re: Lilypond 2.24.1 convert-ly writes version 2.24.0 to the converted file(s)?!

[Kenneth Wolcott]

Thanks, Jean.

That makes sense.

But the implication is it should based on the fact that the conversion
history shows all the minor versions along the way...

Thanks,
Ken

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 6:05 PM Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
>
> Le mercredi 01 mars 2023 à 17:41 -0800, Kenneth Wolcott a écrit :
>
> Hi;
>
> I think that convert-ly should write the current version to the
> converted file(s).
>
> If that statement is correct, then Lilypond version 2.24.1 writes the
> older version (2.24.0) to the converted file(s).
>
> I believe it's intentional. The syntax never changes within a stable release 
> by definition of a stable release, so convert-ly will never make any 
> modifications between 2.24.0 and 2.24.1. In other words, converting to 2.24.0 
> and converting to 2.24.1 is the same thing. Perhaps it could output \version 
> "2.24" to avoid this kind of confusion.