phase information removal.

docs/PLUGIN_HOSTING.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # External plugin hosting evaluation
 
-Historical Phase 9 decision: defer external hosting. The native source API is useful
+The original decision deferred external hosting. The native source API is useful
 for proving processor contracts without adding an SDK or scanning/loading code.
 
 | Candidate | Benefits | Work required before adoption |
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ for proving processor contracts without adding an SDK or scanning/loading code.
 | CLAP | C ABI, explicit lifecycle and event model | Extension negotiation, parameter/state persistence, host callbacks, main/audio-thread scheduling and UI integration |
 | VST3 | Broad plugin availability | SDK/license review for the selected SDK release, C++ adapter outside the C core, component/controller and editor lifecycle, state and event translation |
 
-No candidate was linked, scanned or loaded in this phase. API/SDK and plugin
+No candidate was linked, scanned or loaded. API/SDK and plugin
 licenses must be checked at the revision actually adopted; they are separate
 from xtc's MIT license. Supporting a format does not grant redistribution rights
 to individual plugins. Do not search user plugin directories from the callback.
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ plugin recovery policy, preparation failure/partial cleanup tests, bounded event
 and parameter publication, latency/tail handling, callback-safe unload after
 retirement, a GUI/main-thread boundary and an explicit crash-containment decision.
 Native ABI tests cover some ownership mechanics but do not prove third-party
-code safe. Event graph ports remain a gap; Phase 32 adds track instrument selection.
+code safe. Event graph ports remain a gap; track instrument selection is described below.
 Choose one format with concrete user needs after those contracts are specified;
 do not introduce a general multi-format framework now. See decision 0008.
 
-## Phase 15 implementation (supersedes the Phase 9 deferral)
+## LADSPA implementation (supersedes the earlier deferral)
 
 Decision [0009](decisions/0009-parameter-processors-and-ladspa.md) selects a bounded
 LADSPA 1.1 host. `xtc_plugin.h` is the C API; no C++ engine or FLTK type is needed.
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@ Tested packages: ladspa 1.17-7 and swh-plugins 0.4.17-7. These zero-latency
 processors define the initial compatible set; other plugins remain unqualified.
 Physical listening and plugin CPU/endurance qualification remain pending.
 
-## Phase 25: discovery, editing and graph lifecycle
+## Discovery, editing and graph lifecycle
 
 Discovery remains explicit-file only, bounded to 1024 descriptor indices; no
 recursive scan, plugin database or new dependency is introduced. Unsupported
 layouts are skipped with counts; source/effect roles describe audio ports, not
-MIDI instrument capabilities. Phase 32 adds modern track instruments (see below). LADSPA sources can be identified, edited, replaced and removed in
+MIDI instrument capabilities. Modern track instruments are described below. LADSPA sources can be identified, edited, replaced and removed in
 the graph but cannot receive MIDI events.
 
 **Edit → Insert LADSPA on selected wire** replaces one existing connection with
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ No embedded third-party editor UI is supported.
 LADSPA 1.1 descriptor identity is module path + index + label + unique ID, with
 exact supported port/control layout verified on restore. A unique ID is not a
 binary version/hash guarantee. Parameter values and bounded automation persist
-in existing project v9 records; this phase adds no file format change. Transient
+in existing project v9 records; this work adds no file format change. Transient
 history/tails and opaque state remain unsupported. Native processor ABI 2 and
 its exact `struct_size` contract are unchanged; it remains parameter-only state.
 Consumers rebuild against public headers; the new copied details API adds no
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ A LADSPA `run` callback has no error return; finite-sample sanitation does not
 contain crashes, hangs, memory corruption or prohibited work inside a plugin.
 Only trusted in-process plugins are supported. See RECOVERY.md.
 
-### Phase 25 verification
+### Verification
 
 Fixture tests cover copied identity/hints, integer and toggle defaults and range
 rejection, logarithmic/sample-rate hints, scaled-range overflow rejection, reset
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ cover process-error silence/reset. The separately installed amp/inverter/sine
 modules remain the qualified LADSPA set. Human listening, arbitrary third-party
 editors/plugins and extended realtime endurance remain unverified.
 
-## Phase 26 parameter targets
+## Parameter targets
 
 `xtc_control.h` supplies common stable owner/parameter IDs and control-thread
 metadata/edit APIs for track/bus gain/pan and LADSPA input ports. The GUI's plugin
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ not override existing lanes. Live CCs do not map to plugins; missing targets or
 modules fail without installing partial state. See CONTROL.md for timing,
 precedence, reset and backward-jump behavior.
 
-## Phase 31: CLAP, VST2 and VST3 effect loaders
+## CLAP, VST2 and VST3 effect loaders
 
 **File → Load plugin** now detects LADSPA, CLAP, VST2 and VST3 entry points in an
 explicit trusted Linux module. **Insert plugin on selected wire** and **Replace
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ prefers CLAP, then VST2, then VST3, otherwise LADSPA; the C API also provides
 
 The modern subset is **one mono audio input and one mono output, float32, default
 configuration, zero reported latency**. Stereo graph playback uses independent
-instances. For the Phase 31 effect subset, true stereo/multichannel/sidechain buses, instruments, MIDI/events,
+instances. For the modern effect subset, true stereo/multichannel/sidechain buses, instruments, MIDI/events,
 custom editors, parameter changes/automation, programs/presets, opaque state,
 transport/time information, workers and latency compensation are not implemented
 for these three formats. Modern metadata with controls/automation is rejected,
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ format, missing modules, v11 save/reopen and GUI add/browser/undo/reopen. Host
 allocation/loading/unloading guards remain active while rendering. This evidence
 qualifies the subset above, not arbitrary external plugins or physical audio.
 
-## Phase 32 instrument support
+## Instrument support
 
 MIDI tracks can bind CLAP, VST2 and VST3 instruments. In the Track menu, select
 **Load instrument plugin** for the selected sequencer track; **Use built-in