[PD] Call for Unified Libraries

[Josh Steiner]

I really dont intend to put anyone off doing this!  That was just a quick
dashed out estimate, really the main point i am trying to make is that the
_key_ to a successful free software project is stability, all the
successful projects (gnu, pd, gnome, apache) had core contributers who
stuck with it through the long periods before others started to come along
and chip in.  I think some people come into a free software projects and
see all the help from outsiders and think "hey, if i start a project,
others will come in and help with the leg work"  but that isnt the case
90% of the time.  

This project should happen and I think that if a team is put together of
people who are willing to commit a certain amount of time to it for the
long run, it can succeed.

:)

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, mark wrote:

> I must admit thats exactly what I had in mind. 
> 
> Joschi has put me off a bit with his estimate of 
> how much work it will be....
> 
> mark 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rory Walsh [mailto:rorytheroar at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 16 April 2002 13:51
> To: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at
> Subject: Re: [PD] Call for Unified Libraries
> 
> 
> Actually would a better idea be to leave the large
> libraries such as zexy as they are and work on a
> library that puts together all the other little
> externals from other people who are just beginning to
> develop objects for pd? Would this make more sense?
> 
>  --- Joschi <joschi at eds.org> wrote: > This is a good
> idea, anything to ease the
> > installation of a good PD
> > system for the end user is great.  I do think that
> > the challenge of this
> > is that it is going to take a committed team to keep
> > up with all the
> > parrallel development that goes on in the pd
> > community over a long
> > period of time.  There is no point in starting such
> > a project unless you
> > are willing to spend 5-10 hours a week for the next
> > 2 years at least. 
> > There are many people working on externals in their
> > own bubble, at their
> > own schedule, and I don't think that is going to
> > change, so what it is
> > going to take is a committed group of people who
> > want to invest serious
> > time into bundling up all this exciting work into an
> > easy to install
> > form.  
> > 
> > On Mon, 2002-04-15 at 05:45, mark wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have just rebuilt my laptop and the biggest
> > problem 
> > > with PD is gathering together all of the externals
> > and
> > > documentation. 
> > > 
> > > It occurs to me that unified libraries would be
> > the answer - 
> > > probably hosted on sourceforge and gathering
> > together 
> > > as many externals as possible. 
> > > 
> > > I guess there would have to be a number: 
> > > 
> > > 	non~tilde (nt) cross platform
> > > 	tilde (t) cross platform 
> > > 
> > > 	nt - linux only 
> > > 	t - linux only 
> > > 
> > > 	nt - win only 
> > > 	t - win only 
> > > 
> > > How does this strike people? Would all you
> > external writers 
> > > contribute?
> > > 
> > > cheers 
> > > 
> > > mark 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> 
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