[josm-dev] mappaint

Thomas Wood grand.edgemaster at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 19:02:59 BST 2007


On 10/10/07, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > Just to throw an idea out--the mappaint plugin seems invaluable to me.
> >  Would it make sense to just integrate this functionality into the
> > default JOSM package?  As long as the colors are configurable, I can't
> > see why anyone would not want it.
>
> I understand the idea (though not a mappaint user myself). However,
> let's try not to think "anything that's good enough can go into the
> code" - let's rather say "anything that can easily be packaged as a
> plugin should be".
>
> With people installing JOSM from Windows installers or Debian
> packages, it really doesn't matter a lot to them whether something is
> a plugin or a core function - but it makes development and maintenance
> easier (I think).
>
> So unless there's a compelling reason for putting something in the
> core, I'd rather keep it as a plugin.
>
> Bye
> Frederik

I fully agree here, it should be kept separate. I don't use it, and
have no need for it. It would increase the size of the download
unnecessarily. After all, with the plugin management system, it's not
too hard to install if required.


-- 
Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)




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