Am Donnerstag, den 20.04.2006, 21:48 +0200 schrieb Lars Luthman: > How about a machine-friendly interface for searching and downloading > plugin tarballs (or references to distribution packages) so one could > write a tool like CPAN for LADSPAs? An automated way to download and > install plugins would be really useful if it could be integrated into > software like Om, Ardour, JACK-rack etc. Scenario: you try to load a new > Om patch that you downloaded from the net, you get the message "You > don't have the 'foo' plugin, do you want to install it?", click Yes, and > a few seconds (or minutes) later the plugin is installed and the patch > is loaded.
AFAIK most plugins don't have any dependencies. Is there anything wrong with distributing them in binary form as a convenience? Just drop them somewhere in your LADSPA_PATH and you're done. That's what plugins are meant for, no?
