[haiku-development] Re: Media plugin support - to message or not to message

  • From: Augustin Cavalier <waddlesplash@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 08:15:58 -0400

On 07/09/2014 03:52 AM, pulkomandy wrote:

Moving the addon handling to applications removes the need for running
an extra server, which would only be used for the rare case when an
add-on is installed. The only gained feature is the ability to use the
newly installed add-on without having to restart the application where
you want to use it. The debate is wether the cost of the extra server
and additional complexity in plugins handling is worth it.
False. The design of one (or two) centric servers is flawed because what if one crashes? I've experienced this myself and it's not easy to restart it at all (end users would not be able to do it). Meanwhile, if an application crashes, you can just restart it easily. 

-Augustin

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