Hi, "Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am here working, though slowly, on the programable layer mode, > which I proposed when I first joined the list. > It's not such a small change, since adding layer modes breaks the > cross-reading of .xcf files. > > So what I need to know now is: > - If I deliver a partially working patch by next week, could it be > included before the feature freeze? I don't think we can include any new partially working functionality at this point of the development. Also we will surely not break XCF backward compatibility. > - Else, I think the proper moment to bring it up would be when > the new GIMP file save format, which is on topic nowadays, would be > implemented. Could that be 2.2 ? I am sorry but I cannot yet say anything definitive about the plans after 2.0. This needs further disucssion first. > Or do we have a chance of having this new file format in 2.0? No, it's definitely too late to introduce a new file format now. Sven
