How much do you think will Gimp 2.9 and 2.10 change everything ?

[Ofnuts]

(10-19-2016, 09:51 PM)prokoudine Wrote:

(10-19-2016, 08:26 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: If it were just a mere library change without any impact to the users, would it warrant a major version change? Gimp will change only the release number for such "minor" things as internal architecture (high-bit depth, GEGL) and new file format, so the version change must be for something even more radical?

Just trying to find a bit of logic in that numbering scheme...

I'm surprised you are asking this question. You've participated in a similar discussion before and were given a very specific reply to your question:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-dev...00081.html

This could explain why one would consider a version change for GTK3, but doesn't explain why we don't get one for the high-bit-depth and not-backward-compatible file format (not mentioning some serious UI changes). In other words from the Gimp development team's point of view, the amount of changes between 2.8 and 2.10 is similar to the 2.6 to 2.8 differences. Okay. And to tell 2.10 from 3.0, for non-developer users that will be Help>About. Makes sense.