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GIMP 1.3.17 Released

Submitted by stro on Thu, 2003-07-24 23:25. GIMP

Lots of new features are being added while the GIMP developers are preparing for camp and GIMP is approaching feature freze. Time for you to try the latest development version which should also be available from a mirror close to you.

developer.gimp.org gets a faceliftBorrowing the look from mmmaybe.gimp.org, developer.gimp.org
has been redesigned. Content still needs to be added but there's hope
that the new site will allow to provide more information about GIMP
development and eventually attract more developers.

Overview of Changes in GIMP 1.3.17
==================================
- Changed all(?) references to GIMP-1.4 to GIMP-2.0 [Sven]
- Allow to transform paths using the transform tools [Mitch]
- Added a simple CMYK color selector [Sven]
- Added naive RGB CMYK conversion routines [Sven]
- Generalized paint tools [Mitch]
- Finally a brush-shaped cursor for all paint tools [Mitch]
- Started to integrate new composite functions [Helvetix]
- Made the style for dockable tabs configurable [Mitch]
- Some preparations for text transformations and vectors from text [Sven]
- Store grid settings in XCF [Brix]
- Redone assembly checks and run-time checks for CPU features [Sven]
- Added lots of mnemonics to the menus [Jimmac]
- Support for comments in PNG files [Sven]
- Constified the libgimp API and adapted all plug-ins [Yosh, Sven]
- Cleaned up the brush/font/gradient/pattern selector API [Mitch]
- Support for patterns with alpha channel [Bolsh]
- Lots of bug fixes

Other contributors:
Eric Pierce, Joao S. O. Bueno, Alastair M. Robinson, Tor Lillqvist

Re: GIMP 1.3.17 Released

Submitted by Anonymous George on Fri, 2003-07-25 11:42.

This is a recent judgment from the maintainer expressing his own opinion, but you should not loose from mind what was the roadmap for 1.4 and 2.0:

http://www.mail-archive.com/gimp-developer@scam.xcf.berkeley.edu/msg03656.html

It clearly describes a 2.0 that is not what we will have soon.

You should also keep in mind the following interview of the maintainer and see how far gimp 2.0 is from the target:

http://www.linuxgraphic.org/dcforum/DCForumID1/75.html

And finally, you should keep in mind the fact that a majority(*) of gimp developers and gimp helpers(**) did not agree with the opinion you quote. See the summary of who was in favor or against the 2.0 number here:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gimp-developer&m=105871802129202&w=2

Personally, I would have preferred to be consistent with what was annonced. Most of the people used to help newbies on forums and mailing-list agree with me, and some have had (too) strong wordings against this decision.

However, I understand somehow some of Sven's reason to deviate from the roadmap.

It does not change the fact that 1.3.x is very nice to use and generally better than 1.2. However, I do not see big changes, from a user point of view. The large core changes are invisible to the user.

oliv (who posted the 3 previous comments as anonymous because he has no account here ;) )

(*) but representing a minority of the code written

(**) people who do not contribute to code but contribute to writing tutorials, helping people in the forums and mailing lists, reporting bugs, etc.

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