On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 02:22:09PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > B) RDF syntax: RDF/Turtle seems a lot more popular in these parts than > > RDF/XML. We could mandate Turtle for all LADSPA metadata. > > Personally I think it's ugly and strange and arbitrary and just weird > all around, but whatever. I don't really care. :)
*shrug* less of the evils. I'm kinda fond of Turtle, its not XML, but its easy for humans to read and write. > > E) Bundles: no-one screamed when I suggested it, but its a bit different to > > LADSPA 1's /lib directory. Hosts would be required to allow the plugin > > link to libraries in the bundle if they need to (this is why OPENSTEP did > > it, I guess its done by setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH, but I dont know), which > > is a bit more work, but makes moving plugins between machines easier. Oh, > > and the plugins needs to have the path of its bundle passed to it when its > > instantiated, which isn't in the API right now. > > I like the bundle idea, but I thik we need to have a long hard think > about this WRT distro package management systems and FHS compliance. We > do need some way of allowing plugins to load libraries though, but is it > really necessary to do the DLL Hell thing to allow it? It's not really DLL Hell, but yes, it needs thought. - Steve
