[PD-dev] new distro: pd-vanilla+libs

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Apr 18, 2008, at 1:12 PM, marius schebella wrote:

> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>> On Apr 18, 2008, at 8:46 AM, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>>> Hallo Hans,
>>> Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>> Now that Pd can be built on all platforms without patches, I  
>>>> think we
>>>> can have a "pd-vanilla+libs" distro that is based on an  
>>>> unpatched pd-
>>>> vanilla build.  It could also have a more limited subset of  
>>>> included
>>>> libraries, much like others have been proposing.  They would be
>>>> having the same library format and install methods as Pd- 
>>>> extended, so
>>>> that patches would be compatible.
>>> I think, this is a very good idea and I'll stick it on my TODO list,
>>> however I believe, that instead of a vanilla+libs bundle a pure  
>>> "libs"
>>> installer/package would be more appropriate, kind of like the
>>> traditional pd-externals package. We already have binary packages of
>>> vanilla Pd (Miller's and autobuild) and I believe it's easier to get
>>> more people to use the same externals setup by providing a package
>>> independent from a certain Pd build.
>> Ultimately, that sounds like a good goal, but it would also be a  
>> lot  more work, and would cuase more bugs.
>
> yes, it would be nice to install missing libraries from the menubar  
> within pd, just like firefox plugins...
> marius.

Patches welcome! :D

.hc

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