On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 1:25 AM, Tim Goetze <tim@quitte.de> wrote:
[J. Liles]
>The other part of the problem is that (at least LADSPA) plugins are
>distributed in huge batches, all together in one .so with say 5
>usable plugins and 30 that either do nothing, crash the host, or make
>horrible tweater destroying noises.

You have reported these problems to the plugin authors, right?

Because if you haven't, you're doing exactly what you criticise Louigi
for: public dismissal with no opportunity for the developer to fix the
issue.

Ha! I spend my time developing for linux audio, friend, which is not something OP can say. My time is better spent designing and developing and fixing bugs, rather than complaining about them.

(but no, before you say it, I'm not going to fix your plugins for you)

I'd be surprised to hear of a developer of a substantive LADSPA bundle
who would ignore such grave issues, the occasionally experimental,
amateur or plain basic character of some endeavours notwithstanding.

Please name those LADSPA bundles where you find six out of seven
plugins to "do nothing, crash the host, or make horrible tweater[sic]
destroying noises" while their authors ignore your reports.

If you can't, your quote constitutes plain slander, and how much good
can that possibly do?


Plugins are poorly or copletely undocumented encapsulations of code snippets with generally vague authorship. Should I report the problem to the person named in the Maker field or to the publisher of the textbook the forumla came out of?

Unlike, OP, I'm actually doing something constructive with my time and don't have enough of it to go through reporting the issues with 150 individual plugins. How am I supposed to even file a bug report when the only hint at what the plugin is even supposed to accomplish is in its name? Maybe it's supposed to blow up tweeters. I don't know.

Frankly, this discussion was never about plugins. And talking about them is more than a little off topic. What, exactly are you hoping to accomplish?

The fact that most plugins are useless is in no way related to my argument.