Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA Repository

From: Jan Weil <Jan.Weil@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Fri Apr 21 2006 - 10:14:46 EEST

Am Donnerstag, den 20.04.2006, 21:48 +0200 schrieb Lars Luthman:
> How about a machine-friendly interface for searching and downloading
> plugin tarballs (or references to distribution packages) so one could
> write a tool like CPAN for LADSPAs? An automated way to download and
> install plugins would be really useful if it could be integrated into
> software like Om, Ardour, JACK-rack etc. Scenario: you try to load a new
> Om patch that you downloaded from the net, you get the message "You
> don't have the 'foo' plugin, do you want to install it?", click Yes, and
> a few seconds (or minutes) later the plugin is installed and the patch
> is loaded.

AFAIK most plugins don't have any dependencies. Is there anything wrong
with distributing them in binary form as a convenience? Just drop them
somewhere in your LADSPA_PATH and you're done. That's what plugins are
meant for, no?
Received on Fri Apr 21 12:15:03 2006

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