Re: gEDA-user: foreign graphics overlay

[kai-martin knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob Paddock wrote:

> Someone, some place, in the future will want to support something
> that none of us have ever heard of today.
> If there is a easy, well documented, Plug-In system, then they can
> implement what they need without having to figure out the internals
> of PCB.

The downside is that plug-ins need additional effort by the user and 
tend to go unnoticed, undocumented and unmaintained. There are already 
a number of useful plug-ins to pcb somewhere "out there". Trouble is, 
they are next to invisible to the newbie and even the experienced user 
has to know where to look. Not being part of the distribution puts them 
at risk to break due to some changes in the core.

Due to less exposure to other users the plug-ins are rarely tested. 
Bugs likely go unnoticed. Also, conflicts and dependencies may arise.

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