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[Michael Wild <themiwi@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's exactly the point. By providing an extension interface people can
add the capabilities they want and need, without the core team having to
worry (too much) about it. It's like asking what rhythmbox plugins are good
for. If I have the choice, I'd prefer not to have a potentially arbitrarily
large number of calculator apps installed, each with a partially
overlapping feature set.


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Stuart Langridge <
stuart.langridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon 04 Mar 2013 14:45:36 GMT, Michael Wild wrote:
>
>> Extension-modes, now that sounds nice. This way one could keep the
>> *ohsoconfusing* RPN mode out of the unbelievers sight and easily add
>> it for those that want it, without having to resort to a separate app.
>>
>
> Just out of interest, what's wrong with a separate app? I see no problem
> whatsoever in having "RPN calculator" as a separate app. (Or even
> "SuperCalculator", which does *everything*.) Having many apps leaves the
> decision-making as to which features are important in the hands of the
> users directly, rather than us all speculating about what users want in the
> core tool on a mailing list, no? :-)
>
> sil
>