@node Updating LSR to a new version
@section Updating LSR to a new version
-To update LSR,
+To update LSR, perform the following steps:
@enumerate
@item
Download the latest snippet tarball, extract it, and run
-convert-ly on all files. To ease the process, you may use the
-shell script that appears after this list.
+@code{convert-ly} on all files using the command-line option
+@code{--to=VERSION} to ensure snippets are updated to the
+correct stable version.
@item
-Copy relevant snippets (i.e. snippets whose version is equal to or
-less than the new version of lilypond) from @file{input/new/} into
+Copy relevant snippets (i.e., snippets whose version is equal to or
+less than the new version of LilyPond) from @file{input/new/} into
the tarball.
You must not rename any files during this, or the next, stage.
@item
-Verify that all files compile with the new version of lilypond,
-ideally without any warnings or errors.
+Verify that all files compile with the new version of LilyPond,
+ideally without any warnings or errors. To ease the process,
+you may use the shell script that appears after this list.
Due to the workload involved, we @emph{do not} require that you
verify that all snippets produce the expected output. If you
do
STEM=$(basename "$LILYFILE" .ly)
echo "running $LILYFILE..."
- lilypond --format=png "$LILYFILE" >& "$STEM".txt
- rm "$STEM".ps
+ lilypond --format=png -ddelete-intermediate-files "$LILYFILE" >& "$STEM".txt
done
grep failed *.txt