Re: [AD] native image loaders

[AJ <ajbaxter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think it would be annoying.  I definitely want to see PNG/JPEG in the
> main allegro_image addon.


some of us use allegro as 'a library', not a framework.  a library 
should not have multiple extra dependencies that themselves require 
version control in-order to get allegro to work/run/compile.
if you see allegro as a framework, then lots of dependancies is simply 
what defines a framework...   i'd really like dependencies kept to a 
bare minimum if allegro is to be considered 'a library'.



>    allegro_image can support further formats on
> different platform if they come "for free", though we should strongly
> encourage developers to stick to PNG/JPEG/BMP/TGA/PCX for portability.
>    


for the sake of not spreading limited developer resources so thin you 
get less attention paid to what really matters.

if only PNG was supported but had 5 more features, that'd be *far* 
superior to 5 formats doing the same 1 thing.