Hi all,

Here's another update on the 1.3 bugs that are considered as blockers for 2.0 prereleases (the list in its current state is available here
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GIMP&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=REOPENED&target_milestone=1.3.x&cmdtype=doit&order=%27Importance%27&form_name=query).

I have split them up a little and added a wee comment on the state of play. There are 11 bugs, and of those 5 have an owner actively working on them. That means there are 6 bugs up for grabs, requiring your input and help.

BUGS REQUIRING INPUT ====================

78064 Entering large dimensions in Scale Image causes fatal error
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78064

There has been some discussion on this bug. Personally, I think checking the new image size against the large image size set in the preferences, and giving a warning if it exceeds it, would be sufficient, but since this crashes the gimp if it happens, that behaviour is probably wrong. Comments needed, and I think that this would be fairly easy to fix so that at least it's not a crasher.

125141 Deprecate libgimpmisc http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125141

As Sven said, a similar operation has been done for libgck earlier in the release cycle. There is very little to be done here except clean-up. Once all the useful functions are moved away from libgimpmisc*, this will be a tiny bug to close. Comments and coders needed.

58507 Translators should mentioned somewhere (maybe in help->about like in nautilus)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58507

If someone (nomis?) is working on this, please say so on the bug report please. If not, ideas on what the new about dialog should look like/do can be added to this report.

116606 gradients not saved until quit http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=116606

gimp_data_editor_save_clicked() and gimp_data_editor_revert_clicked() in app/gui/gimpdataeditor.c need non-default implementations. This should be a fairly small job, but it needs doing. Volunteers please add a comment, and reply to the list.

125142 Make libgimp 64 bit clean http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125142

It would be helpful to have some comments about what exactly needs to be done for this bug. I believe yosh had some ideas - yosh?

118547 Convert Text Layer To Pixels / Render Text Layer http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=118547

This might be a small job, perhaps someone would like to take a look at it to give Sven more time to work on the harder problems in the text tool. Volunteers?

Bugs in stage of completion with owners =======================================

66367 Improved animoptimize for RLE or LZW compression http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66367

Raphael is working on this, and will hopefully commit something this weekend.

113033 Thumbnail PDB API for Plug-Ins http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113033

Sven is doing this, and will commit something soon.

125144 Text transforms http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125144 122707 Text: can't make smaller boundary size of block http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122707

Sven is working on these.

125143 gimp_dialog_new () implementation http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125143

mitch is doing this, and will have something this weekend.

Cheers, Dave.