I think that hc is really just trying to build an awesome package to popularize pd. I know it's a pain in the rear to maintain code and manage source trees and such, but he has a serious drive to make this obscure-as-all-hell program more relevant to laypersons and non-programmers. This saves you guys a TON of work actually, since you won't be badgered by annoying newbie questions on the list re: this stuff, if people can just click an install button.
If more awareness can be made about pd, especially with high-quality plugins like ladspa and dssi, then people will be drawn toward it, and we will eventually gain more users, developers, and maintainers, and possibly more funding! How could that be a bad thing?
My two cents (as a non-programmer).
~Kyle
On 3/5/06, Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
Hallo, Hans-Christoph Steiner hat gesagt: // Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
My goal is to get as much code working in the installer as possible. That's why I want to include these plugins. They sound quite useful, but they would be very difficult to install for most users.
But a DSSI plugin is a totally seperate application from Pd!
DSSI/LADSPA are the same as Firefox or Audacity from a Pd point of view: Firefox or Audacity are useful pieces of software for every Pd user as well, still we would not even think about trying to keep their sources in our CVS or about including them in Pd-installer packages.
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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