Hi and thanks for the enhancement request! Yes that would be nice. I don't think it is worth to do this as an extension to the current quite cumbersome save/export system, but let's keep this open as a reminder of that the new save/export system should have this feature.

I'm not quite sure if that is what the reporter means. Greg, do you want
to export the layers to files of do you want to have a script that creates
open images for all of them?

The first, the ability export all layers to files.

Btw: Thanks for your response!

This can and should be implemented as a script. So if you need this functionality, then please write such a script. Then you can open a bug report and attach it here for inclusion in the GIMP source tree. It would probably be a good idea to discuss the details beforehand on the gimp-developer list. For a bug report we need at least a full specification of the requested feature.

Here is such a script (not written by me):

http://flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com/GIMP/Scripts/save-anim-layers.scm

"Then you can open a bug report
and attach it here for inclusion in the GIMP source tree. It would probably be
a good idea to discuss the details beforehand on the gimp-developer list. For a
bug report we need at least a full specification of the requested feature."

I hope it is also ok simply to reopen this request.

If there's such a script already, there is no point in keeping a bug report for it.

Why not?

Couldn't this report be handled as a request for an inclusion?
Or is this the wrong place for it?

IMO it is not worth to maintain this in the GIMP source tree, and as I said this should simply be designed as an integral feature of the new save as/export system whenever such a system will be designed.