Re: [darktable-dev] Plugin-SDK

2018-11-06 Thread Jan Ingwer Baer
Of course lost authors and code-rot can be a problem. But i think if anyone creates a IOP-modul with general interest it will find the way to the DT-codebase and will maintained from the DT-crew. My idea is to create github-project for the the SDK. And anyone who has interest in developing a c

Re: [darktable-dev] Plugin-SDK

2018-11-06 Thread sturmflut
Hi, On 06.11.18 09:11, johannes hanika wrote: > with an open SDK there is the problem of backward compatibility. how > would you deal with that? don't offer support? what if the plugin > author disappears and the code rots? you'd be making old history > stacks useless. i like how we are committed

Re: [darktable-dev] Plugin-SDK

2018-11-06 Thread johannes hanika
heya, with an open SDK there is the problem of backward compatibility. how would you deal with that? don't offer support? what if the plugin author disappears and the code rots? you'd be making old history stacks useless. i like how we are committed to keeping old image edits alive. is there anyt

Re: [darktable-dev] Plugin-SDK

2018-11-05 Thread Per Inge Oestmoen
Heiko Bauke wrote: But note that dt has already plenty of powerful modules. Imho > dt would probably benefit more from enhanced performance and user experience than from new modules. High-quality documentation demonstrating whole workflows and how modules interact is also rare. In my opinio

Re: [darktable-dev] Plugin-SDK

2018-11-05 Thread Heiko Bauke
Hi Jan, Am Montag, 5. November 2018 schrieb Jan Ingwer Baer: > It would be nice to have a thing like a 'Plugin-SDK' to enable more > users to create their own IOP-Modules. To make the development of > IOP-modules much more easy it should contain : > - all the needed headers and libraries > - som