Would it be too much of a compromise to just drop the P at the end?
IMO it is too much of a compromise to even consider a name change.
Discussions like these server only one purpose - artificial creation of a
previously non-existant problem to support the position of the one who
started the
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, Robert L Krawitz wrote:
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On Sun, 12 Dec 2004, David [iso-8859-15] Gómez wrote:
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:19:26 +0100
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 06:11:39PM +, Alan Horkan wrote:
I do not know if you are a native English speaker but the term gimp is has
a very similar meaning to cripple. If you look at the bug report I
point to some comments where people other than me say they have
encountered
Hi Alan,
didn't you say you would stop arguing on this stupid subject?
Sven
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Sven Neumann wrote:
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 21:26:37 +0100
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Hi Alan,
didn't you say you would stop
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:05:46 +0100
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Hi,
Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have to ask why
Alan Horkan wrote:
Some people have difficulty dealing with the connotations of the term The
GIMP. I wont go into details again about why some people have issues
with the name, some even finding it offensive.
I still find it baffling that people would get upset about something
so lighthearted
Hi Alan,
I don't think it is a good idea to change the project name.
So you kind of answered to yourself...
It is a good sign that the gimp has improved so much that people are only
left with the name to complain about :)
I don't complain about the name.
I think it would be a fair
Hi,
Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have to ask why reject such patches?
Because IMO the name is important. If we allow the name to be changed
easily, our users will not any longer know what software they are
using. Contributors will be lost because they will look for the Foo
project
i have a question for you; you don't need to answer it to anyone but
yourself. what does the word gimp mean to you and where ever could you
have come up with this meaning?
when i hear the word gimp, i get a chuckle from a media image that some
pack of film geniuses inbedded into our collective
From: Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:05:46 +0100
Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have to ask why reject such patches?
Because IMO the name is important. If we allow the name to be
changed easily, our users will not any longer know what
The word itself is inappropriate for software if you're trying
to feed it to the unwashed masses. I said this when GIMP was chosen as
a name back when it moved from Motif to GTK
A correction...
GIMP was called GIMP long before the move from Motif to GTK.
The first public release (0.53 IIRC) was
Hi,
Michael J. Hammel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 11:05, Sven Neumann wrote:
I seriously doubt that the name is effectively keeping GIMP from being
used. And I am all happy to ignore the very few people who are so
narrow-minded as to having a problem with the name.
Would it be too much of a compromise to just drop the P at the end?
GNU Image Manipulator
instead of
GNU Image Manipulation Program
?
Of course I would suggest planning and waiting until a major version change to
change it.
_-T
On Sun, 2004-12-12 at 11:05, Sven Neumann wrote:
I seriously doubt that the name is effectively keeping GIMP from being
used. And I am all happy to ignore the very few people who are so
narrow-minded as to having a problem with the name.
While I agree with most of what you've said in response
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