Fabian Frédérick wrote: >> Sven Neumann wrote: > > 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 ? <snipped....> PLUGIN_MAINTAINERS was introduced into the distribution on Tuesday, January 04, 2000; in the five hundred and two days since that date, of the 162 core plugins cited in that file, 52 have maintainers. By this metric, only thirty-two percent of the core plug-ins are supported. Did someone suggest adding plug-ins to the core distribution? It appears that on this date, there are not sufficient numbers in the ranks of Gimp contributors to support the plug-ins that already distribute with the core; this alone, I think, lends necessary and sufficient weight to the idea that the number of plug-ins that fall in the arena of core support ought to be that minimum to make a functional, but not full-featured core package. This still begs the question of how the delta of plug-ins between the functional and full featured gimp are to be deployed, (and maintained!). There has not been a mailing-list discussion on this issue in almost a year; likely there are many newer readers who are not even aware of the problem of plug-in support and maintenance. Be good, be well Garry
