- global versioning system
  		the package releases should have versions of there own which apply to
  		all packages, regardless of format or OS.  This will make for easy and
  		seemless cross-platform work.

- global optimization flags
  		ideally, you would use a version of Pd that is fully optimized for your
  		CPU.  In order to do this, a system of optimization flags needs to be
  		developed so that you can specific the target CPU in one place and have
  		everything compile for that CPU.