Re: [Gimp-user] SOLVED: export vs. save menu in gimp2.8 - simple and lasting solution

[Kasim Ahmic <kasim ahmic gmail com>]

So what exactly does this do? Does it lock GIMP 2.6 onto your machine and not allow you to upgrade to 2.8, or 
what?

Sorry, I'm mainly a Windows user :P

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On Jul 27, 2013, at 6:10 PM, Dirk <noisyb pwnoogle com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> it has now been months that Gimp developers seem to have decided that their "product vision" in Gimp2.8 
> (debian/unstable) is more relevant than the workflow of their users.
>
> People who use Gimp *a lot* keep clicking "Save as" instead of "Export" because that is what they're used 
> to. Because it is natural.
>
> If you think that it is trivial to make that workflow mistake over and over - then you are a casual Gimp 
> user and can stop reading.
>
> If you use Google and search for "export save gimp" you can witness what happens when marketing takes over 
> the development.
>
> There seems to be this product-vision-apologetics that they can ignore their users because they are not 
> getting paid by them anyway. Old user will just be replaced by new users. Nobody will notice that 
> transition except in the feedback, which isn't monetary but just a few angry posts in the internet.
>
> Since Debian (like all other distributions) will have to (or has to) update to Gimp2.8 in the stable branch 
> I dedicated a chroot jail to Gimp2.6 and will explain here how you can do it yourself.
>
> Creating a chroot jail for a single application is very easy.
>
>
> # the directory in which the chroot jail will exist
> mkdir chroot_gimp2.6
> # run debootstrap it will install a minimal debian and gimp2.6
> #   this will take a while
> debootstrap --variant=minbase --include=gimp squeeze chroot_gimp2.6 ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian
> # run gimp from inside the chroot jail
> chroot chroot_gimp2.6 gimp
>
>
> Enjoy Gimp2.6 and the workflow you are used to.
>
> No further updates/changes of your Distribution will take Gimp2.6 workflow away from you.
>
> This will be reposted for your convenience when debian/stable switches to Gimp2.8.
>
>
>
> Dirk
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