Perhaps some intense discussion happened years ago, and they don't wan't to re-visit it. The only explanation I've ever seen is a statement that the developers have decided to eliminate it.period. When I've posted a bug report/feature request, it's immediately marked as "Won't Fix" and it's moved into some area where it's not found in simple searches (I can only find it again by going through my user account).
Every time I've been shut down without much explanation. However, I should say that I've tried a couple of times to bring up a discussion about the elimination of the Gradient Editor. This is one of the great benefits of open source software, which allows ordinary users to have a voice in development. and I doubt if you'll find any exisiting reports, but read on. But before you post a new report, be sure to search first, to make sure there's not already an existing report. The bug tracker also handles feature requests. Or you could use the bug tracker, which is Launchpad. You could use either the development list or the users list (developers will see it on the user's list, and by using the user's list you don't run the risk of your message getting overlooked) (because the user's list is much less active, and if a very involved discussion is happening on the dev list, your message might get bumped off the first page of messages fairly quickly). If you want a discussion, the mailing list is the best place.
So if you want your message to reach developers, there are a couple of options. Unfortunately, not many developers participate here.
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