On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 01:43 -0500, Kevin Cozens wrote: > > It is pretty easy to crash many (most?) of the plug-ins when > > passed bad data from some script. Checks in libgimp can stop GIMP > > from crashing but will only go so far to stop the plug-in from > > crashing. I think it would be a worthwhile project to get done at > > some point. In terms of SoC, it would be a low priority project. > > > > This also raises the question as to whether the plug-in-template > > can handle being passed bad data or not. If not, it should be > > updated to show new plug-in authors how to properly write a > > plug-in to deal with the possibility of receiving bad data. > On Thursday 08 March 2007 04:12, Sven Neumann wrote: > The question is, is this a serious problem at all? If a script is > broken and the result is a plug-in that crashes, is that really a > problem? A crashing plug-in shouldn't cause further harm and > there's a warning that informs the script author that there's a > problem. The script can then be fixed. I fully agree with Sven here. Besides, I can't imagine how this could be something cool, which, IMHO, GSoC stuff should be. js -><- _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
