first release of the graphics editor , which forked from the GIMP project after 13 years of trying to convince developers to change their name. Assemblies for and Linux (, ). Glimpse was developed by 7 developers, 2 docs, and 500 designer. In five months, about $50 in donations were received for the development of the fork, of which $XNUMX were the developers of Glimpse the GIMP project.
Glimpse's current form
evolves as a "downstream fork" following the main GIMP codebase. Glimpse was forked from GIMP 2.10.12 and features a name change, rebranding, directory renaming, and user interface cleanup. BABL 0.1.68, GEGL 0.4.16 and MyPaint 1.3.0 packages are used as external dependencies (support for brushes from MyPaint is integrated). The release also updated the icon theme, removed the code with "easter eggs", redesigned the build system, added scripts for building snap packages, implemented testing in the Travis continuous integration system, created an installer for 32-bit Windows, added support for building in the Vagrant environment, and improved integration with GNOME Builder.
The creators of the fork believe that the use of the name GIMP is unacceptable and hinders the distribution of the editor in educational institutions, public libraries and corporate environments. The word "gimp" in some social groups of native English speakers is perceived as an insult and also has a negative connotation associated with the BDSM subculture. An example of the problems encountered is when an employee was forced to rename the GIMP shortcut on the desktop so that colleagues would not believe that he was involved in BDSM. Problems with inadequate reaction of schoolchildren to the name of GIMP are also noted by teachers who are trying to use GIMP in the educational process.
The GIMP developers refused to change the name and believe that over the 20 years of the project's existence, its name has become widely known and in the computer environment is associated with a graphic editor (when searching Google, links that are not related to a graphic editor are found for the first time only on page 7 of search results) . In situations where using the GIMP name seems unacceptable, it is recommended to use the full name "GNU Image Manipulation Program" or generate assemblies with a different name.
Source: opennet.ru