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- Subject: Re: [AD] Allegro plug-in system (was: Is there a licensing reason why PNG isn't built-in to Allegro?)
- From: Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:02:25 +0100
On Sat, 2006-03-25 at 19:43 -0300, Victor wrote:
> So we should get a plug-in system which comes with the standard
> plug-ins plugged on by default, so newbies won't need to struggle on
> how plug everything together. The experienced users could turn them
> on/off easily.
>
> About the DLL hell, we should think a way to workaround this. I have
> seven ideas:
>
If "DLL hell" is so bad, why do we provide modules under unix even now?
I think this always should stay as option.
The option to build everysthing static also should stay, I like it if
you can create a single huge .exe :)
Building just one DLL probably isn't hard either, just need a
plugin-aware mechanism in the build process.
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Elias Pschernig