[linux-audio-dev] Ladspa Gui's (Is ladspa actually la-dsp-a?)

[Steve Harris]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 08:26:21 +0100, Chris Cannam wrote:
> An implementation disadvantage is the need to produce two separate 
> object files (the .so and the GUI), to ensure that they can both be 
> discovered by the host, and to keep them in sync -- for example to 
> make sure the GUI knows about the most up-to-date set of plugin 
> ports.  Of course the GUI can always load the plugin and query it 
> itself, but most probably wouldn't want to do that.

I'm not convinced this is a problem:

1) its equivalent to having a plugin/library inconsistency, so the build
   or packaging system should take care of it

2) plugins with the same UID are supposed to be port-compatible, though
   due to developer lazyness this doesnt always happen *cough*

- Steve