PATCHES - Countdown to February 20

Here is the current countdown report.
The next countdown will begin on 2026-02-20
A list of all merge requests can be found here:
https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests?sort=label_priority

      Push:
!2917 Various minor doc issues - Werner Lemberg
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2917

!2915 NR: Steer users away from the legacy \alternative - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2915

!2914 Update authors.itexi - Jonas Hahnfeld
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2914

!2913 Rewrite two chord-bracket snippets using \nonArpeggiato - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2913

!2912 clang-format maintenance (still at v. 14) - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2912

!2911 musicxml2ly: force arrow NoteHead direction - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2911

!2910 musicxml2ly: Support cross-staff chords - Werner Lemberg
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2910

!2909 Add compatibility code for texi2any 7.2.90 - Jonas Hahnfeld
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2909


      Countdown:
!2924 Better `--help` output - Werner Lemberg
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2924

!2921 musicxml2ly: More attribute support - Werner Lemberg
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2921

!2920 Clean up "unspecified" music and tkit - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2920

!2919 musicxml: Improve docstrings of lyrics-related regression tests - 
Werner Lemberg
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2919

!2918 Avoid dead grobs in a volta-bracket callback - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2918

!2897 De-duplicate ledger code for Custos and Script ledger lines - 
Lukas-Fabian Moser
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2897


      Review:
!2925 Add function \breakAlignInsert - Lukas-Fabian Moser
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2925

!2923 Add #:default option to ly:parser-lookup - Dan Eble
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2923

!2922 Repair time signatures in Stockhausen example - Lukas-Fabian Moser
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2922

!2904 Draft: short guide to read white mensural ligatures - Benkő Pál
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2904

!2895 Be able to use English chords independently of the input language 
- Christoph Wagner
     https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/2895


      New:
No patches in New at this time.

      Waiting:
No patches in Waiting at this time.


Cheers,
Colin