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[Paul Davis]

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>On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Tim Goetze  wrote:

>> Following your suggestion and changing the plugin's UniqueID would

>> break perfectly good saved session files in these and other properly

>> designed host applications - instead of *preventing* breakage, it'd

>> actually *cause* it.

>

>Strongly disagree. The CAPS package would just continue to include the

>old version of the plugin.

Surely you will understand that I'm not inclined to maintain two

versions of a plugin whose code differs in only one line.
However, as a compromise, I am thinking about moving obsolete plugins

into a separate 'abandoned' package that would not enjoy further

maintenance.  It's far from an ideal solution but then again nothing

seems to be.
>You can't fix this in Ardour in general. As noted, just appending a

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>port won't break anything (I think), but the general issue that the

>port signature has changed and this invalidates old state for the

>plugin is something that definitely goes against everything that we

>had in mind when LADSPA was designed.

In that case, it is rather unfortunate that the specification bears

not a trace of your thoughts on this matter.
Perhaps you want to make an effort to fix it?
Cheers, Tim

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