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GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release

GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

tetris11 ,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

okay I’ll bite, what does “string freeze” mean here?

Vincent ,

They’ve committed to not changing any displayed text (“strings”), so that translators have time to translate everything.

that_leaflet ,
@that_leaflet@lemmy.world avatar

Place your bets, are we getting GIMP 3 before 2025?

troyunrau ,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

If we’re in string freeze, it’s probably within a few weeks. They’re in bug squashing and translations mode now. I’d take that bet.

superkret ,

I’m on Slackware so I won’t be getting it this decade 😅

troyunrau ,
@troyunrau@lemmy.ca avatar

Sure, it’s just another tarball to compile and install, right? What do you mean lots of dependencies? Oh, well, I guess there is Krita :)

jayk ,

can they unfreeze the name?

TheGrandNagus , (edited )

I know people like it, but I agree.

And as silly as it sounds, I think the name is a big part of why businesses haven’t ever wanted to touch the project or invest in it.

Imagine telling your average upper management guy or board member that you want your workers to use software called gimp. They’re probably not gonna want to hear you out.

Anecdotally I know of a local NHS practice that refused to use GIMP, and was even sceptical of other subsequent suggestions of other FOSS due to the terrible impression they got from the GIMP name during a pitch to use more FOSS.

I get it’s their identity, their project. Nobody has the right to dictate the name but them. But it’s also fair to point out that they probably shot themselves in the foot by giving their software a juvenile and weirdly fetishy name.

shutz ,

Why doesn’t someone just fork it and change the name?

Like, I dunno, “Super Human Image Treatment” or “Consistently Lovely Image Treatment Oriented for Real Imaging Stars”

danielquinn ,
@danielquinn@lemmy.ca avatar

Actually, someone did, changing the name to “Glimpse”. They announced it as an explicit fork that would continue development under the new name.

As far as I know, that’s as far as they got.

possiblylinux127 ,

Why? Everyone knows what gimp is at this point

thingsiplay ,

They won’t. It’s an old topic and they are clear about not changing the name. Anyone having a problem can fork and rename the project. But it seems not to be a big issue that nobody wants to do it.

halm ,
@halm@leminal.space avatar

Isn’t this the version where they pinky promised there will be CMYK support?

<ducks, runs>

thingsiplay ,

From developer.gimp.org/core/roadmap/ for GIMP 3.0:

Space invasion (work in progress):

Various color management improvements, CMYK support (not as core image format, but import/export and picking/choosing/viewing)…

TheFrogThatFlies ,

Just in time!

Preparing for GTK 5

(Trying to be funny here, don’t downvote too much!)

seaQueue ,
@seaQueue@lemmy.world avatar

Gimp 4.0 is on schedule for a 2040 release at this point

Churbleyimyam ,

Fuck yeah! Go GIMP! Also announced on Mastodon fwiw:

floss.social/

I’m super excited about 3.0 🪇

electricprism ,

Will there be a big party where we can be baked

superkret ,

There will be grilled bell peppers.

possiblylinux127 , (edited )

That’s pretty cool

thingsiplay ,

I’m not sure if that was intended, but string “freeze” is really “cool”.

NoiseColor ,

I’m so excited! Will it not suck completely? Maybe!

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