[PD-dev] including [dssi~] in Pd-extended

[Frank Barknecht]

Hallo,
Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

> What I don't understand with this whole thread is how is anyone  
> harmed if the plugin source code is included?  Ok, in theory, its a  
> plugin and meant to be standalone, but in practice its just a piece  
> of code like any other.

But if it is so important to have working dssi/ladspa packages on all
supported operating systems, then why not give their developers the
same support at their respective sites? If these plugins are only
available in pd-extended packages, then someone, who wants to run them
e.g. in a OS-X Ardour installation has no use for them and surely
wouldn't even know, that pd-extended includes a full set of dssi
plugins. 

OTOH if there were working standalone DSSI packages for OS-X on
dssi.sf.net then both Ardour and Pd would profit from them and many
other applications as well.  With LADSPA on Linux this already is
working very well: A lot of applications can use the plugins packages,
that are installed distro-wide through a LADSPA package. Bugs in the
plugins can be fixed right on site, there are no problems coming from
differing versions installed in different direcories, there always is
the same central place for the newest version, that even would be a
drop-in replacement etc.

Ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                 _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__