On 13 Sep 2007, at 14:28, elthariel wrote:
2007/9/13, Stefano D'Angelo <zanga.mail@gmail.com>: 2007/9/13, Benjamin Bruheim <grolgh@gmail.com>:
> I am working on a site zzub.org which might feature binary downloads
> of Ladspa plugins for windows, and on linux once it gets into a
> fashionable state. But I would love to learn what meta-data would be
> required for each binary version on the server so that a client would
> be able to determine what version would work on your OS/Distro.
I'd say package format (.rpm, .deb, etc), OS distribution (Ubuntu,
OpenSUSE, etc.), CPU architecture (ix86, x86_64, etc.) and maybe
binary format (ELF, .dll, etc.). I guess a description wouldn't hurt
too.
Personally, I'd like to see also some categorization stuff, user
comments, votes, demos and so on.
This is planned, i'm currently working on it.
I think the packaging problem should be handled by the library who access the repository through a webservice. I think binary form, event with its disavantadge is easier for the musician :/
It's not quite that simple ofcourse - most plugins now consist of multiple files (at least a .so and .rdf), plus may have library dependencies. Not that this should stop you.