Re: Gimp vs GNU Image Manipulation Program

[Nils Philippsen <nphilipp redhat com>]

On Mon, 2008-03-24 at 20:55 +0100, Valent Turkovic wrote:
> Hi,
> previous fedora versions had "Gimp" as entry in "open with" gnome menu 
> and now it is "GNU Image Manipulation Program".
> 
> What do you think is better "Gimp" or "GNU Image Manipulation Program" 
> for a name in the menu?
> 
> Also in Gnome Aplications menu there is "GNU Image Manipulation Program" 
>   but most people know only about Gimp to that can be confusing.

This is how upstream does it and I'm very much inclined not to change
that as this would mean that we would have to care for the translation
of that string.

Upstream might change it for 2.6 but defaults to leave it as it is
unless somebody comes forward with compelling reasons to change it
again.

Nils
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