On Dec 1, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Chris McCormick wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 03:02:21PM -0500, Mathieu Bouchard wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Chris McCormick wrote: >> >>> Which has bitten me on the ass at least once when making music with >>> someone who uses pd-extended. Hans, I wonder if you could make it >>> clear >>> to people who download pd-extended that it is incompatible with Pd, >> >> Yes, why is Pd still incompatible with Pd-extended? > > Miller is more conservative about making changes to Pd source than > Hans > is.
AFAIK, Pd and Pd-extended incompatible. Plus submit a bug if it is. There will be incompatibilites across versions, just like pd-vanilla 0.40 to pd-vanilla 0.39. .hc > >>> it is bundled with many externals which aren't in Pd by default? >> >> I thought that this is why people download pd-extended in the >> first place? >> How can they not know? > > It's easy for them to not know. Not every artist or user in the world > understands the nuances of Pd source code polititcs. My one data point > is my friend who had no idea that there was any other Pd than > pd-extended. > >>> Note that I really appreciate all the work you are doing to make >>> people's lives easier, and don't want to put a dent in your >>> efforts. I >>> just think if we're not careful with breaking compatability >>> people are >>> going to get very confused very quickly. >> >> Any added feature, any added external is broken compatibility when it >> comes to new patches using new features that you try to run in a >> previous >> version. It's not even possible to be careful about it without >> standing >> still. What do you want? > > What I want is to be able to work with other Pd users safe in the > knowledge that I can recommend pd-extended to them and that my patches > and abstractions will work on Pd as well as pd-extended. > > Maybe that's a completely unrealistic dream and we must accept that > my patches written for Pd will not always work for them (or will look > different etc.). In that case I'd like it to be made clear to users > downloading pd-extended exactly what the differences are between that > and Pd so they know what they are getting into. > > Best, > > Chris. > > ------------------- > http://mccormick.cx > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > listinfo/pd-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- 'You people have such restrictive dress for women,’ she said, hobbling away in three inch heels and panty hose to finish out another pink-collar temp pool day. - “Hijab Scene #2", by Mohja Kahf _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
