On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Laramie Leavitt wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Kelly Martin wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 02:48:33PM -0700, Laramie Leavitt wrote: >>> Is anyone actively working on GIMP 2? >> >> Insofar as there is activity on GIMP 1.4, yes. >> > Is anyone working on it insofar as it relates to GEGL and all that? > If I understand this correctly, Gimp 2 will use an entirely different > internal engine. The plug-ins will likely not work, and numerous > other changes will render Gimp 2 as an entirely new entity with > little in common with Gimp, really...
But it would not make much sense to start working on 2.0 before 1.3 is a bit more stable. Even if there will be some significant changes in the architecture (e.g., GEGL) and many parts of the code will have to be rewritten, this does not mean that everything will start again from scratch. It would be better to wait until a reasonably stable version of 1.3 exists before starting the work on 1.9 or 2.0; otherwise someone would have to spend a lot of time merging all the changes to the user interface and all new features that are still being added to 1.3. Currently, 1.3 is still a moving target (one that moves faster than you think, thanks to Mitch and Sven). For more information, you can also have a look at http://developer.gimp.org/ and look at last year's proposal about the future of the Gimp. > > So, why not work on Gimp 1.3 and Gimp 2 in parallel? Besides what I wrote above, another reason is that all developers who could start working on version 2 are currently spending a lot of time on 1.3. If you know someone who is not busy working on 1.3 and who has the skills and the time to start working on 2.x (maybe you?), then please go ahead and propose a new branch in CVS so that the work can start. Good luck! ;-) -Raphael _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
