Re: Linking libraries in machines.

[ben]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 06:34:49PM +0100, mts wrote:
> 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" ?

I don't think including something like FFTW directly in Gearlib is a
good idea.  Then any improvements made to FFTW by its developers would
have to be incorporated manually into Gearlib (or not used).

Maybe Gearlib could somehow be a repository for info on library
dependencies.  Or there could be some other system for that - it could
be built into that web script for fetching machines or something.

> 
> >     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."
> >
> 
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