• pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    I don’t want to sound ungrateful to their earnest effort, but at this point, GIMP3 is like the running joke of the open source world.

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      Not sure why the downvotes. The good news is that we should be very close to the end of that with GIMP 3 out very soon.

      Earlier in the year they announced that it was expected in July or so. I hold out hope that they at least get it out this year. Once it is out, all will be forgieven. Let’s hope that we do not see as long of a delay next time.

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        I’ve read the exact same comment a year ago, and the year before, and probably the year before that tbh.

        So I’ll say what I always say; I’ll believe it when I see it.

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          https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/05/05/gimp-2-10-38-released/

          This (possibly last) GIMP 2 stable release brings much-requested backports from GTK3, including improved support for tablets on Windows. A number of bug fixes and minor improvements are also included in this release.

          If the release says that this is possibly the last GIMP2 stable release, it feels like GIMP3 is actually on its way. I understand your cynicism, but I’d be more optimistic this time around.

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        I didn’t downvote but for a lot of the time the core devs were mostly 1-2 ppl working some evenings because they have dayjobs/lives. They released many updates to 2.10, and they’re often feature releases not just bugfix releases. At the same time they almost completely rewrote the backend to use a new graphics library GEGL, which they also wrote from scratch. As for GIMP 3 they have also redone a lot under the hood to allow for easier development of new features moving forward and custom old GTK widgets updating to GTK3 required rearchitecturing as they work fundamentally differently from modern GTK3/4 versions.

        So that’s why I don’t joke, there’s also nothing to forgive. Let’s hope that GIMP 3 will get more interest from devs with its more modern and capable architecture.

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      The “running joke” used by millions for serious and playful projects? [edited for punctuation]