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Hi Ico, hi all,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/02/15 18:40, Ivica Ico Bukvic
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Good points. I would, however, like to point that any bounty is
better than no bounty, and as such I think even ridiculously small
contributions would go a long way towards making things better.<br>
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You probably are right, Ico. In that case, it might really be worth
to try to implement this idea.<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:54CE64F6.9060505@vt.edu" type="cite">Interesting.
So, if we were to promise cross-platform support as part of the
Kickstarter and a compelling list of new features, perhaps this
might be the right approach?</blockquote>
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That's indeed my opinion, at least. Currently, I see only two
drawbacks with Pd-l2Ork: being Linux only and having binary
compatibility problems with vanilla and extended externals. <br>
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As for the first, if you would be able to provide Windows and Mac
binaries, I bet the number of users would skyrocket. I am a
moderator of Pure Data's forum, and every time I am trying to help
someone solve their problems I post images of patches I made using
Pd-l2Ork, and the amount of people curious about it is really high.
I have "converted" a lot of Linux users, but the majority of people
asking about it are coming from other OSes.<br>
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As for the latter drawback, this lack of compatibility of externals
influences more advanced users that need to use some external
libraries than beginners that use only basic objects. I have read
discussions about it in the pd mailing list and I know
(superficially) the whole situation, but that is unfortunate a
drawback... I myself would use _only_ Pd-l2Ork if I was able to get
some of my favourite libraries running on it. Also, as far as I
understand, it's possible to compile these externals specifically
for Pd-l2Ork if one has the source code and the skills to do so (I
am attempting to do this with the HOA library myself), but that is
arguably something that most people are not comfortable with. But I
think most users would not even realize this, to be honest...<br>
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So yes, I really believe that offering Mac and Windows binaries
would make a huge difference, and I believe that this would give a
Kickstarter campaign some serious chances of succeeding. I myself
would try to promote it as much as I can.<br>
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Take care,<br>
Gilberto<br>
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