[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA 2

[Steve Harris]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 08:04:35PM +0200, Leonard paniq Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 06:48 +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> > > if it never refuses then its ok with me ;)
> > 
> > It's certainly allowed to refuse, it would just be bad manners, unless the
> > host has ignored the required features list.
> 
> so required features have to be checked on both sides. isn't that
> redundant?

SupportedFeatures is not just fo requirements. eg. Fon's plyphonic control
ports can work around the case where the host doesnt support it.
 
> furthermore, surely there are other reasons why instantiation could
> fail. how can the host determine the reason for which a plugin refused
> to instantiate? 

It can't. Meh.
 
> > > alternatively the host could be required to chdir to the bundle folder
> > > before the plugin is being instantiated?
> > 
> > Thats likely to cause all manner of excitement.
> 
> the erotic kind of excitement? ;)

More the running around screaming kind ;)

- Steve