[PD-dev] repository layout

Steffen stffn at dibidut.dk
Wed Sep 12 22:08:27 CEST 2007


On 12/09/2007, at 20.50, Frank Barknecht wrote:

> IOhannes m zmoelnig hat gesagt: // IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>
>> personally i think "externals" is exactly the name: it means "pd  
>> stuff
>> that does not come with pd itself", rather than "pd-objects  
>> written in C"
>
> How about "extensions"? Somehow the word "externals" has sunken in as
> meaning binary externals written in C/C++ and "abstractions" are
> Pd patches and we don't have a word yet for non-compiled object
> written in Python etc. so "extensions" could grab all of these
> together without a need to change the words we're used to.

By the best of intentions -- I think that's a nice 'bike shed' colour.

best, steffen




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