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@node LSR work
@chapter LSR work

@menu
* Introduction to LSR::
* Adding and editing snippets::
* Approving snippets::
* LSR to Git::
* Fixing snippets in LilyPond sources::
* Renaming a snippet::
* Updating the LSR to a new version::
@end menu


@node Introduction to LSR
@section Introduction to LSR

The
@uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/, LilyPond Snippet Repository (LSR)}
is a collection of lilypond examples.  A subset of these examples
are automatically imported into the documentation, making it easy
for users to contribute to the docs without learning Git and
Texinfo.


@node Adding and editing snippets
@section Adding and editing snippets

@subheading General guidelines

When you create (or find!) a nice snippet, if it is supported by
the LilyPond version running on the LSR, please add it to the LSR.
Go to @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/, LSR} and log in -- if you haven't
already, create an account.  Follow the instructions on the website.
These instructions also explain how to modify existing snippets.

If you think the snippet is particularly informative and you think it
should be included in the documentation, tag it with @qq{docs} and one
or more other categories, or ask on the development list for
somebody who has editing permissions to do it .

Please make sure that the lilypond code follows the guidelines in
@ref{LilyPond formatting}.

If a new snippet created for documentation purposes compiles with
LilyPond version currently on LSR, it should be added to LSR, and a
reference to the snippet should be added to the documentation.
Please ask a documentation editor to add a reference to it in an
appropriate place in the docs.  (Note -- it should appear in the
snippets document automatically, once it has been imported into
git and built.  See @ref{LSR to Git}.

If the new snippet uses new features that are not available in the
current LSR version, the snippet should be added to
@file{Documentation/snippets/new} and a reference should be added to the
manual.

Snippets created or updated in @file{Documentation/snippets/new} should
be copied to @file{Documentation/snippets} by invoking at top of the
source tree

@example
scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
@end example

Be sure that @command{make doc} runs successfully before submitting a
patch, to prevent breaking compilation.

@subheading Formatting snippets in @file{Documentation/snippets/new}

When adding a file to this directory, please start the file with

@example
\version "2.x.y"
\header @{
% Use existing LSR tags other than 'docs'; see makelsr.py for
% the list of tags used to sort snippets.  E.g.:
  lsrtags = "rhythms,expressive-marks"
% This texidoc string will be formatted by Texinfo
  texidoc = "
This code demonstrates ...
"
% Please put doctitle last so that the '% begin verbatim'
% mark will be added correctly by makelsr.py.
  doctitle = "Snippet title"
@}
@end example

@noindent
and name the file @file{snippet-title.ly}.

@noindent
Please ensure that the version number you use at the top of the
example is the minimum version that the file will compile with:
for example, if the LSR is currently at 2.14.2 and your example
requires 2.15.30, but the current development version of
@code{lilypond} is 2.17.5, put @code{\version "2.15.30"} in the
example.

@noindent
Please also pay particular attention to the lines beginning
@code{lsrtags = } and @code{doctitle =}.  The tags must match tags used
in the documentation, and the @code{doctitle} must match the
filename.

@node Approving snippets
@section Approving snippets

The main task of LSR editors is approving snippets.  To find a list of
unapproved snippets, log into @uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/, LSR} and
select @qq{No} from the dropdown menu to the right of the word
@qq{Approved} at the bottom of the interface, then click
@qq{Enable filter}.

Check each snippet:

@enumerate

@item
Does the snippet make sense and does what the author claims that
it does?  If you think the snippet is particularly helpful, add
the @qq{docs} tag and at least one other tag.

@item
If the snippet is tagged with @qq{docs}, check to see if it
matches our guidelines for @ref{LilyPond formatting}.

Also, snippets tagged with @qq{docs} should not be explaining
(replicating) existing material in the docs.  They should not
refer to the docs; the docs should refer to them.

@item
If the snippet uses scheme, check that everything looks good and
there are no security risks.

@warning{Somebody could sneak a @code{#'(system "rm -rf /")}
command into our source tree if you do not do this!  Take this
step @strong{VERY SERIOUSLY}.}

@item
If all is well, check the box labelled @qq{approved} and save the
snippet.

@end enumerate


@node LSR to Git
@section LSR to Git

@subheading Introduction
Snippets used in the documentation are in
@file{$LILYPOND_GIT/Documentation/snippets}.  This directory
contains a complete set of the snippets in the LSR which are
tagged with 'docs'.  The exact method for getting them there is
described below, but in essence they come from downloading a
tarball from the LSR and importing into the directory using the
@code{makelsr} script.

Any snippets which are too bleeding edge to run on the LSR (which
uses a stable development version) are put into
@file{$LILYPOND_GIT/Documentation/snippets/new}.  Once the LSR has
been upgraded so that these will run, then they are transferred to
the LSR and deleted from @file{/snippets/new}.

'Git' is the shorthand name for the Git repository that contains
all the development code.  For further information on setting this
up see, @ref{Working with source code}.  An alternative to setting
up a Git repository for people wanting to do LSR work is to get
the source code from
@uref{http://lilypond.org/website/development.html}.

@subheading Importing the LSR to Git

@enumerate

@item
Make sure that @command{convert-ly} script and the @command{lilypond}
binary are a bleeding edge version -- the latest release or even
better, a fresh snapshot from Git master, with the environment
variable @code{LILYPOND_BUILD_DIR} correctly set up, see
@ref{Environment variables}.

@item
Start by creating a list of updated snippets from your local
repository.  From the top source directory, run:

@example
scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
@end example

Commit the changes and make a patch.  Check the patch has nothing
other than minor changes.  If all is good and you're confident in what
you've done, this can be pushed directly to staging.

@item
Next, download the updated snippets and run @command{makelsr.py}
against them.  From the top source directory, run:

@smallexample
wget http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/download/lsr-snippets-docs-`date +%F`.tar.gz
tar -xzf lsr-snippets-docs-`date +%F`.tar.gz
make -C $LILYPOND_BUILD_DIR
scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py lsr-snippets-docs-`date +%F`
@end smallexample

@noindent
where @command{date +%F} gives the current date in format
@var{YYYY-MM-DD} (the snippets archive is usually generated around
03:50 CET, you may want to use @command{date -d yesterday +%F}
instead, depending on your time zone and the time you run this
commands sequence).  @command{make} is included in this sequence so
that @command{makelsr} can run @command{lilypond} and
@command{convert-ly} versions that match current source tree; you can
select different binaries if desired or needed, to see options for
this do

@smallexample
scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py --help
@end smallexample

@item
Follow the instructions printed on the console to manually check for
unsafe files.  These are:

@example
Unsafe files printed in lsr-unsafe.txt: CHECK MANUALLY!
  git add Documentation/snippets/*.ly
  xargs git diff HEAD < lsr-unsafe.txt
@end example

First, it's important to check for any added files and add them to
the files git is tracking.  Run @code{git status} and look
carefully to see if files have been added.  If so, add them with
@code{git add}.

As the console says, @command{makelsr} creates a list of possibly
unsafe files in @file{lsr-unsafe.txt} by running @code{lilypond}
against each snippet using the @code{-dsafe} switch.  This list can be
quite long.  However, by using the command @code{xargs git diff HEAD <
lsr-unsafe.txt} git will take that list and check whether any of the
snippets are different from the snippet already in master.  If any is
different it must be checked manually VERY CAREFULLY.

@warning{Somebody could sneak a @code{#'(system "rm -rf /")}
command into our source tree if you do not do this!  Take this
step @strong{VERY SERIOUSLY}.}

If there is any doubt about any of the files, you are strongly
advised to run a review on Rietveld.

@item
If a Review is not needed, commit the changes and push to
@code{staging}.

@end enumerate

Note that whenever there is a snippet in
@file{Documentation/snippets/new} and another from the LSR with
the same file name, @command{makelsr.py} will overwrite the LSR
version with the one from @file{Documentation/snippets/new}.


@node Fixing snippets in LilyPond sources
@section Fixing snippets in LilyPond sources

If some snippet from @file{Documentation/snippets} causes the
documentation compilation to fail, the following steps should be
followed to fix it reliably.

@enumerate

@item
Look up the snippet filename @file{@var{foo}.ly} in the error output
or log, then fix the file @file{Documentation/snippets/@var{foo}.ly} to make the
documentation build successfully.

@item
Determine where it comes from by looking at its first two lines,
e.g. run

@example
head -2 Documentation/snippets/@var{foo}.ly
@end example

@item
@strong{If the snippet comes from the LSR}, also apply the fix to the
snippet in the LSR and send a notification email to an LSR editor with CC to
the development list -- see @ref{Adding and editing snippets}.  The
failure may sometimes not be caused by the snippet in LSR but by the
syntax conversion made by @command{convert-ly}; in this case, try to fix
@command{convert-ly} or report the problem on the development list, then
run @command{makelsr.py} again, see @ref{LSR to Git}.  In some cases,
when some features has been introduced or vastly changed so it requires
(or takes significant advantage of) important changes in the snippet, it
is simpler and recommended to write a new version of the snippet in
@file{Documentation/snippets/new}, then run @command{makelsr.py}.

@item
@strong{If the snippet comes from} @file{Documentation/snippets/new},
apply the fix in @file{Documentation/snippets/new/@var{foo}.ly}, then
run @command{makelsr.py} without argument from top of the source tree:

@example
scripts/auxiliar/makelsr.py
@end example

Then, inspect @file{Documentation/snippets/@var{foo}.ly} to check that
the fix has been well propagated.

If the build failure was caused by a translation string, you may have
to fix some @file{Documentation/@var{lang}/texidocs/@var{foo}.texidoc}
instead; in case the build failure comes only from translation
strings, it is not needed to run @command{makelsr.py}.

@item
When you've done, commit your changes to Git and ensure they're
pushed to the correct branch.

@end enumerate


@node Renaming a snippet
@section Renaming a snippet

Due to the potential duality of snippets (i.e. they may exist both
in the LSR database, and in @code{Documentation/snippets/new/}),
this process is a bit more involved than we might like.

@enumerate
@item
Send an email LSR editor, requesting the renaming.

@item
The LSR editor does the renaming (or debates the topic with you),
then warns the LSR-to-git person (wanted: better title) about the
renaming.

@item
LSR-to-git person does his normal job, but then also renames any
copies of the snippets in @code{Documentation/snippets/new/}, and
any instances of the snippet name in the documentation.

@code{git grep} is highly recommended for this task.

@end enumerate


@node Updating the LSR to a new version
@section Updating the LSR to a new version

To update the LSR, perform the following steps:

@enumerate

@item
Start by emailing the LSR maintainer, Sebastiano, and liaising
with him to ensure that updating the snippets is synchronised with
updating the binary running the LSR.

@item
Download the latest snippet tarball from
@uref{http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/download/} and extract it.
The relevant files can be found in the @file{all} subdirectory.
Make sure your shell is using an English language version, for
example @code{LANG=en_US}, then run @command{convert-ly} on all
the files.  Use the command-line option @code{--to=version} to
ensure the snippets are updated to the correct stable version.

@item
Make sure that you are using @command{convert-ly} from the latest
available release to gain best advantage from the latest
@code{converting-rules-updates}.

For example:

@itemize

@item
LSR-version: 2.12.2
@item
intended LSR-update to 2.14.2
@item
latest release 2.15.30

@end itemize

Use convert-ly from 2.15.30 and the following terminal command
for all files:

@example
convert-ly -e -t2.14.2 *.ly
@end example

@item
There might be no conversion rule for some old commands. To make
an initial check for possible problems you can run the following
script on a copy of the @file{all} subdirectory:

@example
#!/bin/bash

for LILYFILE in *.ly
do
  STEM=$(basename "$LILYFILE" .ly)
  echo "running $LILYFILE..."
  convert-ly -e -t<version> "$LILYFILE" >& "$STEM".txt
done

grep refer *.txt
grep smart *.txt
TODO: better script
@end example

@item
Copy relevant snippets (i.e. snippets whose version is equal to
or less than the new version of LilyPond running on the LSR) from
@file{Documentation/snippets/new/} into the set of files to be
used to make the tarball.  Make sure
you only choose snippets which are already present in the LSR,
since the LSR software isn't able to create new snippets this way.
If you don't have a Git repository for LilyPond, you'll find these
snippets in the source-tarball on
@uref{http://lilypond.org/website/development.html}.
Don't rename any files at this stage.

@item
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
happen to notice any such snippets and can fix them, great; but as
long as all snippets compile, don't delay this step due to some
weird output.  If a snippet is not compiling, update it manually.
If it's not possible, delete it for now.

@item
Remove all headers and version-statements from the files.  Phil
Holmes has a @code{python} script that will do this and which
needs testing.  Please ask him for a copy if you wish to do this.

@item
Create a tarball and send it back to Sebastiano. Don't forget to
tell him about any deletions.

@item
Use the LSR web interface to change any descriptions you want to.
Changing the titles of snippets is a bit fraught, since this also
changes the filenames.  Only do this as a last resort.

@item
Use the LSR web interface to add the other snippets from
@file{Documentation/snippets/new/} which compile with the new
LilyPond version of the LSR.  Ensure that they are correctly
tagged, including the tag @code{docs} and that they are approved.

@item
When LSR has been updated, wait a day for the tarball to update,
then download another snippet tarball. Verify that
the relevant snippets from @file{Documentation/snippets/new/} are
now included, then delete those snippets from
@file{Documentation/snippets/new/}.

@item
Commit all the changes.  @emph{Don't forget to add new files to
the git repository with @code{git add}}.  Run @code{make},
@code{make doc} and
@code{make test} to ensure the changes don't break the build. Any
snippets that have had their file name changed or have been
deleted could break the build, and these will need correcting
step by step.

@end enumerate


Below is a shell script to run all @file{.ly} files in a directory
and redirect terminal output to text files, which are then
searched for the word "failed" to see which snippets do not compile.

@smallexample
#!/bin/bash

for LILYFILE in *.ly
do
  STEM=$(basename "$LILYFILE" .ly)
  echo "running $LILYFILE..."
  lilypond --format=png -ddelete-intermediate-files "$LILYFILE" >& "$STEM".txt
done

grep failed *.txt
TODO: better script
@end smallexample

Sometimes @code{grep failed *.txt} will not discover all
problematic files. In addition you may want to use:

@example
grep ERROR *.txt
grep error *.txt
grep warning *.txt
@end example