On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Martin Nordholts <enselic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/14/2011 11:59 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: >> Hi, >> >> This decision, as I see it, change the release date from within >> "months" to within some weeks - > > May I ask for the calculations that led you to the conclusion that we > are weeks away from a release? I haven't done the math yet, but I still > expect us to be months away from a release. > > >> I hope you have in mind that Translators have to Âknow about so they >> can update translations as possible, as well. At some reasonable point >> before the release, a "string freeze" status for GIMPshould be set >> (even if a few string chanegs are to happen after that). > > Thanks for the reminder. We should probably enter a soft string freeze > soon... > > >> Other than translation, we have to work the Python bindings so there >> are no functionality regressions, (whch includes the ability to work >> with layer groups) - >> so to the above list of bugs, we shuld at least have one more about this task. >> (this also depends on being able to transform layer groups). > > Not including API to work with layer groups in Python is not a > regression, it's just missing functionality in one of the scripting > languages. It is unfortunate if GIMP 2.8 will be released without layer > groups support in Python, but the alternative is worse: not releasing > GIMP 2.8 at all. And we should arrange for the Python bindings to be > automatically generated from the PDB rather than wasting man-weeks on > manually keeping it up to date. Not an easy task perhaps, but the only > sensible one. Scripts which previously interated through layers are currently not working. That is a regression. Possibly making layer groups transform work seamlessly. I will do my best to include such support personally over the next few days - allright if you think it shoud not be a blocker. The python bindings do work from the PDB. The current matter with layer groups is that they introduce a new kind o f object, and the Python bindngs on't work with simple integer IDs that the PDB use - there must be a corresponding object on the Python side. (it won't cost a single "man week" to integrate it - but I've been so absetn I ahven't weven checked the PDB calls available to deal with layer groups yet). js -><- > Â/ Martin > > > -- > > My GIMP Blog: > http://www.chromecode.com/ > "Why GIMP 2.8 is not released yet" > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
