On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 12:30, Steve Harris wrote:
> In that case there is a bug in AudioTwingTwang, its as simple as that. I
> have no idea why people think they can get away with releasing
> non-conformant plugins *cough* ;) In many ways its worse than release
> buggy apps, because it can bring down other peoples software.
> 
> Valid 1.0 LADSPA plugins are also valid 1.1 plugins. 1.2 should follow
> this trend.
> 

Amen! 
So as a sophisticated host the least thing you could try to do if you
find a plugin violating 1.2's specs is try to use it as a valid 1.1/1.0
plugin instead of simply rejecting it. 
Since Fons' proposal is only an add-on for 1.1 this shouldn't be a
problem.

Just for the sake of *usability*

Jan


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