diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f2619c6369..c43447ba62 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2004-12-11 Sven Neumann + + * INSTALL + * NEWS + * README: updates for the GIMP 2.2.0 release. + 2004-12-11 Sven Neumann * plug-ins/common/unsharp.c: got rid of a global variable. diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 0d6730c29a..61d0527f99 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,8 +1,16 @@ Installation instructions for GIMP 2.2 -------------------------------------- -There are some basic steps to building and installing this development -version of The GIMP. +There are some basic steps to building and installing The GIMP. + +GIMP 2.2 replaces GIMP 2.0. It is advised that you uninstall GIMP 2.0 +before installing GIMP 2.2. If you want to keep GIMP 2.0 installed in +parallel to GIMP 2.2, you have to choose a separate prefix which is +not in your default library search path. + +GIMP 2.2 is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. Plug-ins and +scripts written for GIMP 2.0 will continue to work and don't need to +be changed nor recompiled to be used with GIMP 2.2. Please do not install this pre-releae of GIMP 2.2 into the same prefix as GIMP 2.0. It would overwrite most of the GIMP 2.0 installation. To @@ -33,10 +41,13 @@ header files installed. ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. GTK+-2.x and friends can be installed side by side with GTK+-1.2. - 3. We require PangoFT2, a Pango backend that uses FreeType2. Make sure - you have FreeType2 and fontconfig installed before you compile Pango. - FreeType2 can be downloaded from http://www.freetype.org/. - Fontconfig from http://x2.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig. + 3. We require PangoFT2, a Pango backend that uses FreeType2. Make + sure you have FreeType2 and fontconfig installed before you + compile Pango. FreeType2 can be downloaded from + http://www.freetype.org/. Fontconfig from + http://x2.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig. GIMP 2.2 depends + on freetype2 being newer than version 2.1.7. Older versions are + known to have bugs that seriously affect stability of The GIMP. 4. We use libart2. Grab the module libart_lgpl out of GNOME CVS or fetch the tarball from diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 23b79a9c66..a47fb14bdc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,15 +1,43 @@ The GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.2 ---------------------------------------------- -This is a preview release of GIMP 2.2. This is not yet the final 2.2.0 -release which will replace GIMP 2.0 as the stable GIMP version. This -code hasn't seen a lot of testing yet so there are certainly bugs. If -you find any, make sure you report them at bugzilla.gnome.org (after -checking that it isn't reported already). +This is version 2.2 of The GIMP. Version 2.2 is an update on GIMP 2.0. +GIMP 2.2 is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. Plug-ins and +scripts written for GIMP 2.0 will continue to work and don't need to +be changed nor recompiled to be used with GIMP 2.2. We do however +hope that plug-in authors will update their plug-ins for GIMP 2.2 and +adapt the GUI changes we did with this version. Please follow the installation instructions in INSTALL. +Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.2.0 (since 2.2-pre2 was released) +================================= + +- More work on GFig plug-in. + +- Build fixes for Win32 and IRIX. + +- Added --no-splash command-line option for gimp-remote. + +- More tweaks to the migration of user settings. + +- Improved input controller modules, added ALSA support to the MIDI module. + +- Allow to transform layers with masks. + +- Let the histogram respect the selection. + +- Lots of bug fixes and some optimizations. + + +Contributors: + + Michael Natterer, Sven Neumann, David Odin, Manish Singh, Kevin Cozens, + Joao S. O. Bueno, Karine Proot, Tim Mooney, Wolfgang Hofer, Simon Budig, + Bill Skaggs, Øyvind Kolås + + Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.2-pre2 ==================================== diff --git a/README b/README index 7e47c3cef6..f2263c1caf 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,33 +1,28 @@ -THIS IS A PREVIEW RELEASE FOR TESTING PURPOSES -============================================== +The GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.2 +---------------------------------------------- -This is a preview release of GIMP 2.2 which will replace GIMP 2.0 as -the stable GIMP. This is not yet the final release but it should have -all the features that 2.2.0 will have. This code hasn't seen a lot of -testing yet so there are certainly bugs. If you find any, make sure -you report them at bugzilla.gnome.org (after checking that it isn't -reported already). +This is version 2.2 of The GIMP. Version 2.2 is an update on GIMP 2.0. +GIMP 2.2 is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. Plug-ins and +scripts written for GIMP 2.0 will continue to work and don't need to +be changed nor recompiled to be used with GIMP 2.2. We do however +hope that plug-in authors will update their plug-ins for GIMP 2.2 and +adapt the GUI changes we did with this version. -Please do not install this pre-releae of GIMP 2.2 into the same prefix -as GIMP 2.0. It would overwrite most of the GIMP 2.0 installation. To -install in parallel to 2.0, please use a different prefix which is not -in your default library search path. If you wish to replace GIMP 2.0 -with this pre-release, then please remove the GIMP 2.0 installation -before installing this software. +GIMP 2.2 replaces GIMP 2.0. It is advised that you uninstall GIMP 2.0 +before installing GIMP 2.2. If you want to keep GIMP 2.0 installed in +parallel to GIMP 2.2, you have to choose a separate prefix which is +not in your default library search path. -The GIMP 2.2 plug-in API is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. -Plug-ins for GIMP 2.0 should continue to work and don't need to be -recompiled. We do however hope that plug-in authors will update their -plug-ins for GIMP 2.2 and adapt the GUI changes we did with this -version. +This code has already seen quite some testing but a lot has changed +since version GIMP 2.0 and we could very well have introduced new +bugs. If you find any , make sure you report them at bugzilla.gnome.org +(after checking that it isn't reported already). -It might turn out that we have to do some late changes to the newly -added API before the final 2.2.0 release, so don't consider the API -strictly frozen yet. The API is however guaranteed to be backward -compatible (source and binary) with the GIMP 2.0 API. If you find that -your 2.0 plug-in break when used with the GIMP 2.2 libraries, or if -you cannot compile a GIMP 2.0 plug-in against the GIMP 2.2 header -files, please report that as a bug. +The GIMP 2.2 API is guaranteed to be backward compatible (source and +binary) with the GIMP 2.0 API. If you find that your 2.0 plug-in break +when used with the GIMP 2.2 libraries, or if you cannot compile a GIMP +2.0 plug-in against the GIMP 2.2 header files, please report that as a +bug. If you want to hack on The GIMP, please read the file HACKING. For detailed installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.