> Regarding the question to include it with core Gimp: As already > discussed here several times, the plan is to distribute less > plug-ins with the Gimp core package instead of adding new ones. IMHO, it's a fundamental misunderstanding of the user needs and MEDIA growth.(Imagine there'll be _only_ DVD distro by 2002 or so). What's the problem if Gimp comes with some more useful scripts ? .btw, I don't think a lot of user will give a lot of time to download both untested & unofficial plug-ins they could find in a rock-solid core appl..... If Gimp is said so powerful it's just because it comes with an interesting panel of _features_ others don't give. The only thing I'm worrying about in plugin supply is the _physical_ layering in menus.Who cares it's an executable or a Perl script which does the stuff....All has to be presented in a transparent way... > The best plan we have come up with so far is to include only very > few basic plug-ins with the core Gimp and add a number of extra > plug-in packages that bundle plug-ins for special purposes. A few > extra-large plug-ins could even be distributed as stand-alone > packages. However this has to be discussed further... That direction requires Gimp to enhance its policy (e.g. don't crush when a plug-in goes to hell). Regards, Fabian -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
