GIMP 3.0 has been more than one decade in the making as the port from GTK2 to GTK3, also transitioning away from Python 2 to Python 3 support, and a wealth of other improvements from the UI to lower down into enhancing this open-source Photoshop alternative.

The GIMP project announced on X/Twitter today that they have entered the string freeze for this much anticipated release.

  •  davehtaylor   ( @davehtaylor@beehaw.org ) 
    6•22 days ago

    This is just post-hoc justification, coupled with “PC culture is censorship” type of bullshit.

    although the word “gimp” can be used offensively in some cultures, that is not our intent

    Intent is irrelevant. In this case, if you didn’t mean to offend, then you apologize and then change the fucking name. You don’t get to say “sorry you were offended, but I don’t care” and still expect people to take you seriously. Change “gimp” in that sentence to any other slur and try to make that same kind of justification.

    I does not matter if the name was

    • based on a Pulp Fiction character because the devs thought it was funny
    • was a genuine reference to kink culture
    • an abelist slur

    Who tf thinks a piece of software should be named after any of that? It’s 1) offensive 2) wildly unprofessional and 3) a massive barrier to adoption.

    The devs have the mentality of “edgy” 14 yo teen boys, have refused to ever grow the fuck up, and just throw tantrums whenever anyone tries to have a rational conversation with them about it