Re: [linux-audio-dev] ladspa2 and bundles

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 at 10:07 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:44:03PM -0400, Taybin Rutkin wrote:
> > I like the bundle idea. What are the reasons to not use it? Reasons to use it include ease of distribution (especially on other platforms like osx).
> >
> > I think bundles are a great idea that should be adopted by other unixen.
> >
> > Or, can we make it so that bundles are a possible method of distribution and either it or the typical installation into various directories could be used?
>
> I'd like to see LADSPA 2.0 plugins always being directories, wether we go
> for bundles or not. It gives the plugin somewhere to stash its auxilarry
> data (precompiled tables etc.), which otherwise is a bit of a pain.

Well, yes and no. Yes if you install it somewhere you have permissions
to write to. No if it's installed somewhere by root.

> It's possible to retrofit bundles to 2.x by reserving the lib/ directory
> inside the plugin directory for future use in 2.0.
>
> zeroinstall, http://0install.net/ uses something similar to bundles at it
> works well on linux.
>

I like the bundle idea as well. I've found it works pretty well in OS X,
it gives a sense of one package to the user, who just drags it around in
a file manager, and the power for the developer or power user to poke
around in the directory.

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There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the 
right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
    -- Johann Sebastian Bach