Re: [Gimp-user] qt 6

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 1:00 AM Jessica Jones wrote:
> hi
>
> for gimp 3, isn't it better to switch to QT 6 for the user interface?

GIMP has roughly 600K lines of code in C for UI one way or another.
Could you please explain why you want GIMP 3.0 released in 2030
instead of some time in 2022 maybe? :)

For the same reason, could you please explain why you want
non-destructive editing released in 2033/2034 as part of v3.2 instead
of in a few years?

Finally, could you please explain why you think it's a good idea to
use very limited time of very few existing contributors to learn
programming for a whole new toolkit rather than deal with a gazillion
of non-GTK issues that GIMP has?

Please tell me...

Will Qt automagically improve image processing performance?

Will Qt automagically add non-destructive editing?

Will Qt automagically add shape drawing tools?

Will Qt automagically add smart objects / link layers?

Will Qt automagically add native text layers support in PSD?

Will Qt automagically add better CMYK support?

The vast majority of things users expect us to fix have nothing to do
with the toolkit.

> it's much more powerfull

...and comes with a different, entirely new bunch of issues that need
to be studied and then worked around.

> and for all platforms

GIMP works on Linux, Windows, and macOS. How many more desktop
platforms would you like supported and why?

Alex