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GIMP 3.0 Enters String Freeze, Inching Closer To Release
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Migrating from an already rooten toolkit to a toolkit that is dead since a few years.
Nice.
They have been migrating to GTK3 since before GTK4 was out.
I am sure they will stay behind but future porting should be easier.
That said, non-GNOME GTK apps seem to be considering sticking with GTK3 anyway ( to avoid libadwaita ).
https://linuxmint-developer-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/xapps.html
It's not as dead as you think, but yeah...
Yeah ... I just hope they're now being able to decouple the UI and the core and make it easier to migrate to more recent UI toolkits.
Gimp has been falling behind more and more. Back when 2.0 came out it wasn't as bad yet, but it got worse as years went on.
Even better when we remind ourselves that GTK means "Gimp ToolKit" :)
It’s almost like the whole customized apps to fit into the GTK framework concept creates too much added work and needs to be rethought.
I don’t understand why someone should choose any GTK variant when they’ll have to refactor and rewrite their application every few years.