[linux-audio-dev] LADSPA Extension for Extra GUI Data

[Steve Harris]

On Sun, Jun 25, 2006 at 04:30:40 -0400, Dave Robillard wrote:
> Basically all you've added is port grouping.  Sure, there's no binary
> breakage now - no kidding, you havn't had to change anything yet.  All
> you've done is added a bunch of metadata that has no reason to be in
> binary code at all, but you've done it in a way that's going to break
> horribly as soon as you try to add something.

No, it also adds rendering of port values. Though that is somewhat
limited.
 
> Plus, it's completely useless for GUIs in a separate process, while LV2
> is not (it's just a data file, anything can load it, it's not even
> architechture dependent).
> 
> Just my two cents, but definitely not the right thing.

That's possibly a bit harsh. I think it's reasonable to say that based on
our experiences of LADSPA we know that's not the best way to go.

- Steve