On 10 Oct 2012, at 21:24, Hans-Christoph Steiner <h...@at.or.at> wrote: >> >> I've got mixed feelings about this. It's clearly "much preferrable" to do it >> this way on Linux distros, which provide these packages. >> >> On Mac it's a minor headache to 1. install a package manager 2. install the >> dependencies 3. make sure the build system can find the dependencies >> >> On Windows: ?? >> >> OTOH, for the sake of including 3 headers in svn, everyone could just type >> "make", and they're done. >> >> Anyhow, to conform to the policies and conventions of the Pd svn, I've >> removed the headers and added the requisite instructions to the README as >> suggested. > > I've seen people include external headers many times over the years, and I've > also seen bugs arise because of it, because those included headers were out > of date, and the person building didn't realized that the project included > its own version of the header rather than using the 'official' one. > > The question to answer is: who are the people going to be building this from > source? The vast majority of users will want to download the binaries and > never even think about the source code. From my experience, I would guess > that people who would want to compile it themselves will likely be interested > in DSSI and LADSPA for other things also, and therefore will need to have > those headers in a simple place for other projects too. >
I probably came across as more grumpy about this than I actually am! I agree with the exact points you've made here, but I can also think of cases where it's more desirable to commit things to svn. I tend to take a pragmatic view, weighing up the reasons for / against on a case-by-case basis. In this specific case I think you're right that the people compiling from source are likely to be on either a Linux audio box or Mac with Fink / MacPorts / Homebrew so I'm perfectly happy with the decision to remove the headers :) > Does pluginhost~ work on Windows? I didn't realize that. Does anyone > distribute dssi or ladspa binaries for Windows? > It *should* work on Windows. The Audacity project provides a bunch of LADSPA plugins for Windows: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Ladspa_Plug-ins pluginhost~ doesn't require that the UI part of DSSI is running, so it should make it possible to run some of the synths under Windows with no GUI. Jamie _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
