“Not enough” is a bit subjective. In this case, making these holes manually would not really be a cause to put on a second shift, I think.
Let me put it this way: how would you like to admit–either to someone else or to yourself–that you don’t really know how to do a relatively simple task using the native tools because you’ve always used a plugin for that? It would bother me no end, and if I were in that position because some well-meaning someone had steered me toward the plugin when I was first learning the program, in retrospect I might find myself resenting that person, good intentions notwithstanding.
I have nothing against plugins, although I’d rather see some of them become integrated into the program itself. I simply don’t favor short-circuiting the learning process.
-Gully