[LAU] Plugin confused

[Andrew C]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Gabriel M. Beddingfield
<gabrbedd at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   LV2 is a solution that defines a basic plugin
>   discovery mechanism... and its core features
>   are to be implemented by /extensions/.  The
>   strength is that LV2 can do "anything" (VST,
>   VSTi, VSTx, french roast coffee)... just
>   write an extension for it.  The weakness is
>   that there is not (and will not be) a canonical
>   set of extensions.  This has very confusing to
>   a lot of people... and some even disagree
>   with the philosophy.

Surely though, a canonical set of extensions will eventually come
about, as those decided by the community?

People would go "This extension sounds better/more user-friendly than
this one, let's recommend it to those dipping their toes in LV2", for
example?

Just a thought,

Andrew.