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.