RE: Linking libraries in machines.

[mts]

I suspect that this is the exactly thing that should be included in
GearLib...

On the other side, is reasonably to include whole FFTW in Gearlib?
There are licencing issues at the respect ?
Should we include in Gearlib every posible code piece that a developer could
need and convert-it to "the mother of all sound libraries" ?



>       Anyway, the main point of this message is to ask what guidlines
> are there (if any) for using other libraries? Probably best if I give an
> example.  Say I am designing a set of filter machines that require the use
> of the FFTW (fastest Fourier Transform in the West) library.  I have this
> on my computer, which is no problem, so it will all link and I will be
> happy. I upload the source and same manic octal user downloads it to
> create mayhem and eventually take over the world. Alas, our evil hero
> becomes unstuck when he cant build the machine!  His compiler/linker are
> probably giving bizzare and intelligible messages, so he runs home and
> cries..... probably a good thing since now he can't take over the world,
> however I am sure there are some people out there who are actually using
> octal for good and not evil.  How is it that we are going to tell the user
> what libraries they need before hand?  The obvious answer would be in the
> readme etc, but I am wondering how many people are going to go "I need to
> search for and install new stuff?? Nah, to hard, besides its past my
> bedtime."
>