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On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 09:47:40 +0100, Daniel James wrote:

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> Hi Steve,

>

> >Yery good idea, I've been wanting to do that for a long time, but I've

> >never had time.

>

> I agree this is a good time to do it, but I suggest we make it

> plugins.linuxaudio.org rather than ladspa.linuxaudio.org so we can

> include DSSI plugins and any future formats under the same umbrella.

>

> Also, I've been wondering recently about plugin classification and the

> way that plugins are packaged by the various distros. I think there's

> scope for some smaller packages that include the plugins a user would be

> most likely to need, maybe separated out into effects and synth plugins.

>

> For example, we currently include about 220 LADSPA plugins in 64 Studio,

> but I don't think I ever use more than a dozen of those in my own

> studio. Even then, some of the AMS demos don't work because we don't

> have all the plugins they need.

It's a tricky issue. It something that's actually easier on other

platforms where plugins tend to be distributed individually, or in small

groups. Doing that with source would be a right pain, and primarily

distribuing linux plugins as binaries seems a bit wierd.
I guess it would make sense for the distributions to do that though, but

I've no idea how you'd break them up.
- Steve