Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
I find it quite depressing that we can't get agreement on a standard way to distribute and use libraries (aka externals). This really cripples the Pd community. Then we have to do things like organize examples around why libraries might be used rather than the concepts involved.
hi,
there is a standard way to distribute externals: to go to the developers web site, and get the external there, then fiddle around with its installation. I agree with hans that this procedure could be managed in a better way.
there once was the idea to create (additional?) standard libraries, like string, math, time, net... I think core pd should come with a few more objects, but additional standard libraries should be provided from a central repository by a oneliner on the commandline or by one click in the pd-prefs (apt-get pd-library-install pd-math...). and then as an additional addition the existing external libraries. iemgui, fiddle, bonk are examples that became kind of internal externals. otherwise you will get the known flamewars (help-files, distributions, future maintenance of libs, patch compatibility, namespaces...). would this make sense to rewrite a set of standard libraries (even if based on code from existing external libraries that are around already)?
marius.