[CinePaint] CinePaint pros/cons

As a long-term Linux user I'm investigating how best to post process raw
files from my DSLR and am tending towards a dcraw/ufraw/CinePaint work
flow. However, since this area is rather new to me (I've worked with
JPGs/Gimp until now), I've been gathering opinions on dpreview of
current options (see
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1019&thread=22461606).

The latest response on what CinePaint is missing w.r.t. BibblePro made
me pause. Let me quote:

    "haven't used Cinepaint for a year or so since I swiched over from
    Linux to OSX but unless a bunch of significant changes have been
    made to cinepaint in 0.01 of a revision then I'd say you would be
    missing...
    Non destructive editing/copying of settings between files
    Work queues/Output queues/Batch processing
    IPTC/EXIF editing
    Lens Correction via PTLens
    Integrated Noise Ninja
    Perfectly Clear

    Plugins including Black and White conversion, skin tone correction,
    perspective correction and many more.
    Background processing with multiple core/processor support
    Probably the fastest RAW conversion engine
    DNG support

    and remember that all these tools are functioning in one step along
    with the heal tool and all the others"


Would these comments represent a fair assessment of the current
disadvantages of CinePaint/dcraw for postprocessing of DSLR raw images?


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  Karl Piers
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