<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body>On Tuesday, July 11, 2023 10:37:25 AM PDT Jeremy Bícha wrote: > Hi, > > I co-maintain the GNU Image Manipulation Program app (GIMP) in Debian. > After years of development, the upstream developers have announced > that they are on target for a Release Candidate of the new 3.0 version > by the end of 2023, although not necessarily in time for 23.10. > > 3.0 has a huge number of changes beyond switching from GTK2 to GTK3 > including dark themes, partial CMYK support, etc. I would not expect > 2.10.x plugins to continue to work since the plugin system has been > overhauled. > > I think GIMP 3.0 or a Release Candidate would be appreciated in Ubuntu > 24.04 LTS. Therefore, I propose that we switch to the latest beta > build 2.99.16 for Ubuntu 23.10 now. I am emailing this list because > the decision affects multiple Ubuntu desktop flavors since the app is > included by default in Edubuntu, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Studio, and > Xubuntu. > > References > -------------- > https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/06/29/wilber-week-2023/ > https://www.gimp.org/news/2023/07/09/gimp-2-99-16-released/ > https://developer.gimp.org/core/roadmap/#gimp-30-development-branch-roadmap > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/milestones/3 > > Thank you, > Jeremy Bícha I have a couple of different interests here. Jeremy had emailed me separately and asked what my opinion would be here and I have stated my support for this with my Ubuntu Studio hat on. Separately, I spoke with Amy (CC'd) on this matter and she gave her support. Having carried a beta of digiKam in 23.04's Ubuntu Studio release with no real complaints (and even a git snapshot in 22.10), a Release Candidate of GIMP seems very benign all things considered. After all, this is a snapshot of what may actually become the final release, so I would expect it to be highly representative of what we would expect in 3.0. Giving that perspective to Amy, she agreed that Edubuntu would be on-board as well. Therefore, from both Ubuntu Studio and Edubuntu, we have no issue with Jeremy's proposal and give our support. -- Erich Eickmeyer Project Leader - Ubuntu Studio Technical Lead - Edubuntu </body> </html>