[PD-dev] svn:externals, pd-extended, SVN and the goal of it all

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey,

So what should be the core mission of the pure-data repository?  It  
looks like it is time to have that discussion again.  I see it as a  
gathering of code and docs that are intended to be built using a  
common build system (aka Pd-extended build system).

As for Pd-extended, I think it is a mistake (almost all my fault)  
including so many things in the package.  It is now clear to me that  
makes more sense to have a distro that includes only the very stable  
libraries, then to make Pd fully support external libdirs, including  
shared libs, help patches, example patches, manuals, etc.

I think then there could be a simple distro system like Eclipse has  
for managing plugins. (Basically, there is a simple format for  
posting a library to a website.  The user then adds the repo URL to  
the program, which then has a browser for all available installation  
options and updates).

I guess this was a bit vague and wandering, but it seems that there  
is a discussion that needs to be had.

.hc



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