GIMP PyDev

Post by TaylorAlexander » Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 7:38 PM UTC

Post by brudgers » Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 9:43 PM UTC

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #21

I’ve found that technical types often don’t care about issues like this... but the name GIMP is imo an abelist slur and I really wish they would change it. Sadly the devs don’t seem to care, but there is a fork called Glimpse that aims to remedy this. If any of y’all care about removing discriminatory language from open source projects, please promote Glimpse! https://glimpse-editor.org/

Post by toyg » Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 11:14 PM UTC

brudgers wrote: post #12

toyg wrote: post #2

This approach of using the system python, although somewhat mitigated by flatpak, is Bad. What happens when you have to ship GIMP on non-flatpak platforms, like MacOS...? You're either stuck on an ancient version or you must ask the user to install it separately. Neither option is particularly good. It shouldn't be too hard to pack up a python executable instead.

Gimp's use of Flatpack has greatly simplified staying up to date for Linux users. The Gimp community is not obligated to dedicate resources to working around Apple's business decisions. The absence of Flatpack on MacOS is solely for the sake of Apple's bottom line. Apple itself certainly has the wherewithal to make Gimp available on its platforms. It simply does not have the interest. As you say, it shouldn't be too…

Post by durkie » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 2:35 AM UTC

sitkack wrote: post #24

durkie wrote: post #14

This is a bit off-topic here, but can anyone recommend some good programs / workflows for programmatic image generation / manipulation? I have some geospatial boundary data that I'd like to extrude to a 3d object, apply textures to the faces, and save images of the object at different perspectives. I have several hundred to do, so it'd be ideal to automate this. Something like Gimp PyDev or ImageMagick seem like they…

Are you converting topo maps to 3d printable objects? There is software for this, if you can do a workflow with various pieces of desktop software, you could automate swaths of it and then do manual portions where you need to make specific decisions that can't be automated. The geospatial boundary data, is it geojson or wkt? What does extrude mean specifically?

Post by brudgers » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 5:03 AM UTC

toyg wrote: post #25

brudgers wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gimp's use of Flatpack has greatly simplified staying up to date for Linux users. The Gimp community is not obligated to dedicate resources to working around Apple's business decisions. The absence of Flatpack on MacOS is solely for the sake of Apple's bottom line. Apple itself certainly has the wherewithal to make Gimp available on its platforms. It simply does not have the interest. As you say, it shouldn't be too…

That’s as unreasonable as expecting every OS under the sun should ship apt-get, and it’s really not what this is about. I’m not criticising GIMP’s adoption of flatpak, I’m pointing out that building its essential infrastructure around a specific deployment scenario is probably not in GIMP’s best interest.