Re: [Libexif-devel] Re: exif ChangeLog,1.22,1.23 configure.in,1.15,1.16

[Hans U. N. <gp...@n-...>]

<lu...@ba...> writes:

> > Le Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 10:23:39PM +0100, lu...@ba... a =E9crit:
> > Hmmm. Can't we add libmnote functionality directly into libexif,
> > instead of using it ? From what I see in the source, this
> > shouldn't be *that* difficult, and does not add so much "crap" to
> > the library.
>=20
> Sure you can. But there is absolutely no need for it.
>  - libgphoto2 doesn't need libmnote at all.
>  - libexif is based on a spec, libmnote tries to catch up with
>    numerous different undocumented MakerNote-formats.
>  - libexif is all about tags. libmnote is all about one tag.
>  - I prefer smaller libraries, one library for each task.
>  - There is no need for putting them together.

One more point:

- Arnaud knows gphoto-meta well enough to let it build libmnote for
  himself if he wants it to

:-)

Gru=DF,

Uli