On Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 05:13:23PM +0100, Leandro Santiago wrote: [...] > > > > also there is the quite intriguing option of using "git merge" to include > > external filters > > What i mean here is that there could be a script lets call it ffmerge > How would it work when using release tarballs, without git? it would tell the user to run it in a git checkout or an empty directory. The script would already have the ability to merge external filter repos so also pulling mainline is no real extra complexity > > "ffmerge available" would check some online repository and list whats > > compatible with the current checkout > > > > "ffmerge merge shiny_filter" would then merge the shiny filter repository/branch > Wouldn't it put more burden over the devs to maintain such > catalog/repository and the tooling around it? I am fine with that, I just > wonder how the community would accept it. Having no filter catalog/repo > feels to be the simplest step one could take at the moment. theres no need for such catalog. I just think that if external filter support is added, that someone will then likely start maintaining a catalog of these filters. thx [...] -- Michael GnuPG fingerprint: 9FF2128B147EF6730BADF133611EC787040B0FAB Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. -- Plato