v17 beta : Regular install still possible ?

[martin-meldaproduction]

I like the new download manager. People have been complaining about having to download everything when they only want to install a single plugin.

However, this makes it difficult to save backups of previous installers if you need them. Will there still be a way to get an installer for offline installation/archiving?

Held, MPluginManager works internally with packages that have versions. If you want to roll back, for example, from 17.20 to 17.10 in the future, it will be possible to use older packages. We are archiving all these packages, and there will be an option to download and install them for this purpose.

[Held]

That's good to know. You guys have been really great with backwards compatibility, so it probably won't be necessary, but thank you for providing us with the option.

[mevla]

- Automatic updates

Hello Vojtech,

Automatic in what sense ? Transport rolling, plugin processing audio and updating ? What if for some reason an automatic update breaks ? Do you decouple the actual update from the download of the necessary binary data ? And even then, what about a power failure during the update ? I mean, when one is actually doing the update and a power failure happens, then it's possible to say "darn ! A power failure !" but when it's done automatically and the next time the computer reboots and the DAW is loaded with the project and there's a failure in loading a plugin that was unbeknownst in the process of updating ? The user will not know what is going on unless there's a Melda dialog box that reports the failed update.

So, automatic updates in what sense ?

Thanks.

[mevla]

Will you test it in some popular Linux distros ? I know that in Xubuntu 22.04 no Windows plugin (via yabridge/wine) can launch the web browser for instance. Maybe this is a concern.