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They can port GIMP to the QML-based UI framework used by Muse 4.
by formerly_proven 3y ago
They can port GIMP to the QML-based UI framework used by Muse 4.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoI would estimate that would be a 3 person-year project, and the result will contain precisely zero improvements for any user (even if theoretically it might be easier to bring various improvements after that is done). That is a hell of an ask.
- formerly_proven 3y agoWould be funny though And would it be more work than the gtk2->gtk3 port?
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoSubstantially more work. However, what people do not realize about these "toolkit ports", whether within a family (GTK 3->4) or across them (Qt -> GTK), is that the reason they take so long is that it is almost impossible, when having to go through the vast majority of the codebase and change stuff everywhere, to avoid the realization and/or temptation that there are better (or at least different) ways to do things. If you could suppress that inclination (and its not clear that doing so is a good idea), and simply do as close to a 1:1 replacement where required (which for cross-family ports is everywhere), the port could be a lot faster. But it is extremely hard to resist that, because the non 1:1 replacement stuff just appears so right.