Maybe a further solution would be to have an optional [initbang] (or something similarly named) in the core "extra" externals which simply wraps the interface provided within vanilla and is overridable and/or optional when compiling.

On Oct 21, 2017, at 12:00 PM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

since then the issue was raised again and again.
1.5 years ago (see the post from miller that alex linked to) a decision
was made, which was greeted with an "EVERYONE WINS" by the community
(and i don't remember anybody objecting).

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