[linux-audio-dev] ladspa2 and bundles

[Steve Harris]

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:26:20AM -0600, Hans Fugal wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 at 10:07 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> > 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.

Ah, I meant things that are created at compilation or install time.
Dynamic things have to be kept somewhere else, but plugins shouldn't be
doing runtime i/o anyway.
 
> > 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.

Yes, exactly.

- Steve