Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread William Skaggs
Kevin Cozens wrote: > Replacing Script-Fu with Tiny-Fu could help push Tiny-Fu along a bit > (ie. with translations) if it isn't fully ready yet by exposing it to > more users but what is in the best interest of GIMP and its users? I'm actually quite sympathetic, but it doesn't seem to me that y

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread Alan Horkan
> On another note, I'm not sure this is a desirable goal. splitting > stuff off feels an awful lot like putting it out to pasture. The that does seem like a valid risk to consider > goal of just having the core application, with no plug-ins, no > image data structures, no scripts, and a minimum

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On another note, I'm not sure this is a desirable goal. splitting > stuff off feels an awful lot like putting it out to pasture. The > goal of just having the core application, with no plug-ins, no > image data structures, no scripts, and a minimum nu

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's not just a documentation issue. The fact that perl-fu has > been moved out of the source tree is pretty well documented. It is what? Well documented? I don't think so. You already mentioned yourself what would have to be done to document this pr

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread David Neary
Hi again, Sven Neumann wrote: > I am not going to allow the source tree > to be clobbered with more stuff simply because we are too lazy to add > some simple notes to our web-site and FTP server. In the long run we > will want to split GIMP into even more packages. On another note, I'm not sure t

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread David Neary
Hi Sven, Sven Neumann wrote: > If we want to get rid of > the Script-Fu dependency in the long run, then we need to make it > optional at some point. Now seems to be a good time to do that. It > would allow people who want to switch to Tiny-Fu to install GIMP w/o > Script-Fu while the vast majorit

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, David Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Why wouldn't that be the case any longer? It would only be packaged > > in a separate source tree. Of course every GIMP installation would > > include it. > > How would you enfore the dependency? I don't understand how > removing script-fu from the

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread David Neary
Hi, Sven Neumann wrote: > Why wouldn't that be the case any longer? It would only be packaged > in a separate source tree. Of course every GIMP installation would > include it. How would you enfore the dependency? I don't understand how removing script-fu from the source tree and having it presen

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I fear having to rewrite some of my scripts having already written > gimp 1.2 and gimp 2.0 versions. Compatibility is important to me, > even if only small changes are necessary it causes problems. I dont > relish the prospect of new scripts I write

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Nathan Carl Summers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also, I'll again repeat my objection to the idea that the scheme > extension be packaged separately from GIMP. We have always had > Script-Fu as a universal -- the one scripting system you could count > on for all gimp installations on every

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-07 Thread Nathan Carl Summers
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Alan Horkan wrote: > > > Replacing Script-Fu with Tiny-Fu could help push Tiny-Fu along a bit > > (ie. with translations) if it isn't fully ready yet by exposing it to > > more users but what is in the best interest of GIMP and its users? > > I know I'd much prefer another stab

Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP 2.2 and Script-Fu/Tiny-Fu.

2004-09-07 Thread Alan Horkan
> Replacing Script-Fu with Tiny-Fu could help push Tiny-Fu along a bit > (ie. with translations) if it isn't fully ready yet by exposing it to > more users but what is in the best interest of GIMP and its users? I know I'd much prefer another stable release with Script-Fu in it first, but that is