[gmpi] Re: Instruments done, moving on to "Plugin Files"

On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 09:06:33AM -0700, Tim Hockin wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:04:16AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote:
> > Sorry, must have missed this - consistency? If the plugins ship iwth
> > invalid external metadata then that is a bug, plain and simple.
> 
> Consistency in procedure.  
> 
> > I came to the realisation that the plugin cant really offer anything over
> > and obove static metadata if you probe it, so theres probably no point in
> > providing a requirement for it.
> 
> That's plain wrong.  Again, assume a VST wrapper.  It looks at a
> environment variable or a registry key or a config file for the VST
> path(s).  When you probe() it, it returns one plugin descriptor for each
> VST.  Absolutely can not be done statically.

OK, fair point.

- Steve 

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