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On 30/03/11 09:15 AM, Paul Giblock wrote:

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>  From the docs for LV2_Descriptor::URI:

>

> A globally unique, case-sensitive identifier for this plugin type.

>

> All plugins with the same URI MUST be compatible in terms of 'port

> signature', meaning they have the same number of ports, same port

> shortnames, and roughly the same functionality. URIs should probably

> contain a version number (or similar) for this reason.

>

> Rationale: When serializing session/patch/etc files, hosts MUST refer

> to a loaded plugin by the plugin URI only. In the future loading a

> plugin with this URI MUST yield a plugin with the same ports (etc)

> which is 100% compatible.

>

> --Paul

>    

Please refer to LV2 4.0[1] for anything related to this (compatibility,

versioning, etc.). One of the main improvements in that release was very

solidly defining this.
-dr
http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core
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