Bundling Bravura.otf file with Audiveris OMR

[hbitteur]

Audiveris is an open-source OMR software, which needs a musical font for both display and template matching purposes.

In the 'bravura' branch of our project , we just migrated from MusicalSymbols.ttf font to Bravura.otf font.
We simply downloaded Bravura latest release from github, extracted the Bravura.otf file from the source .zip archive and manually copied it to a folder within Audiveris.

The question is whether there is a more civilized way to do this. Something less manual, and more explicit regarding the dependency (source, version number, license).

Audiveris is a Java application built with Gradle.
Is there anything available somewhere, say on Maven, like a .jar file which could contain this Bravura.otf artifact?

Thanks in advance for any help
/Hervé

[dspreadbury]

We don't have any formal way of packaging Bravura at the moment. In principle I'm open to setting something up, or to provide assistance to whoever would want to set it up.

[hbitteur]

Bonjour Daniel,

How to proceed?

• I did something similar with ProxyMusic Java library which provides un/marshalling between Java and MusicXML. But this was a long time ago.
• Today, there must be more convenient ways, perhaps using Gradle, to publish resources on a public repository. My personal competency on such topic is much more limited than many people out there.

What should be published?

• At least Bravura.otf file from the selfish point of view of Audiveris. But there are many other items in your source .zip archive (installers for mac and windows, redist for otf, svg and woff). Should they be published as well?

When should a new publication be made?

• Probably when you issue a new release in your github project.