[Kde-imaging] ksaneplugin (and libksane)

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Monday 05 May 2008, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Angelo, i don't like the idea to have libkipi moved to a KDE core
> component. This is want mean than libkipi will be released with KDE
> release, and it's not the goal.

what is the goal, then? to release in step with digikam? or some other 
application? what exactly is the intended release cycle for these libs.

the way i see it, keeping these libs in extragear, mature as they are, is a 
real drag for other applications since it's hard to rely on them existing 
which means fewer applications will use them, which in turns means less 
attention given to them.

gwenview takes advantage of libkipi, so it's a bit unfortunate it's in 
extragear.

> Also, moving libkipi at another place than extragear will inclrese the
> complexity to compile, especially for new contributors/developers.

this seems like a rather trivial bit, however: kdegraphics -> 
extragear-graphics. extragear-libs may also be needed in between (for 
libkexiv2?) as well, but this is hardly an imposition all things considered.

> Nota : i have no plan to make a conditional support of kipi in
> digiKam. This is a non sence for me.

of course =)

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