GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release

[phoronix]

Phoronix: GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release

Today marks the beginning of the string freeze for the long-awaited GIMP 3.0 open-source image editor release as one of the leading free software alternatives to Adobe Photoshop...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.0-String-Freeze

[chuckula]

You could have prevented the apocalypse, but Nooo... You just HAD to go and actually get GIMP 3.0 released, didn't you!

[Benjamin_L]

They also announced this on Mastodon.. why do we give that fascist prick's platform so much attention? I seriously don't understand how anyone in the right mind can stay at this Nazi bar.

[Leinad]

Who will arrive faster? Gimp 3 or Half Life 3?

[joaquinvacas]

Nice, then GIMP 4 development will start and get released when GTK 6 is released

[QwertyChouskie]

Who will arrive faster? Gimp 3 or Half Life 3?

Probably GIMP 3, but there have been some leaks of a Half-Life game in development ("Project White Sands")...

[shmerl]

There is something seriously wrong with Gimp's development model and I don't think it's lack of possible funding. Maintainers just don't care to make this kind of work faster becasue they think it's OK. I.e. if they wanted, they could find ways fund such work.

[ElectricPrism]

Who will arrive faster? Gimp 3 or Half Life 3?

Can the release be named: GIMP 3.0 Resonance Cascade Edition?

[fitzie]

even though gimp 3 will be using an obsolete version of gtk, I hope the gtk devs will help get gimp 3.x working well on macos/windows. i think by the time gimp moves beyond gtk3 I think we'll all be using ai for photoediting work.

[QwertyChouskie]

There is something seriously wrong with Gimp's development model and I don't think it's lack of possible funding. Maintainers just don't care to make this kind of work faster becasue they think it's OK. I.e. if they wanted, they could find ways fund such work.

I don't think GIMP has any full-time developers, AFAIU they all just do what they can in their spare time. If they got some serious funding like Blender, I guarantee you development would speed up drastically.