On Mon, 2002-02-04 at 15:04, Sven Neumann wrote: > > I just don't know how to handle the dependency on libexif(-gtk). You > > know, libexif itself is quite small and could be included in gimp > > (although I'd keep it separately), but libexif-gtk is getting bigger and > > bigger as more widgets are added. Therefore my question: Is it ok to > > introduce a (conditional --enable-exif) dependency on libexif(-gtk) for > > gimp? > > if it solves our problems and works for non-JPEG images too, I don't > see any problem in adding such a dependency to gimp-1.3. EXIF information is specific to JPEG files. Therefore, editing and storing EXIF information make sense with JPEG images only. Sure, you could try to save/hide/convert it in other image formats, but this is not the purpose of the EXIF specification. I'll try to come up with something and ask again together with a patch. Lutz -- +------------------------------------------+ \|||/ | Lutz Müller +49 (7156) 34837 | (o o) | +---ooO-(_)-Ooo---+ | Hans-Sachs-Strasse 5 | | 71254 Ditzingen http://www.topfrose.de | | Germany lutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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