Bug 141117 - Python Scripting for the GIMP not available
Summary: Python Scripting for the GIMP not available
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Version: Alpha 4
Hardware: All SUSE Other
: P5 - None : Enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: Stanislav Brabec
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Reported: 2005-12-30 05:07 UTC by João S. O. Bueno Calligaris
Modified: 2006-01-05 15:28 UTC (History)
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Description João S. O. Bueno Calligaris 2005-12-30 05:07:56 UTC 
Hi,

The GIMP - ever since 2.0 version, has built in support for Python scripting.
That is enabled by specifying --enable-python at build time, which then generates the needed extension as a couple of separate binary files.

Other distributions ( ex. Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu) make this Python scripting for the GIMP available in a separate package (normally named gimp-python). There is no such package for any version of SuSE. 

I think it would be nice if GIMP-Python would be available to SuSE, either as a separate package, or  enabled by default in the GIMP package itself (it actually will be built by default on the next stable version of the GIMP - 2.4).

The only way to enable python scripts in the GIMP in SuSE currently is by building GIMP itself - which implies in getting the build enviroment and sources working, and spend quite some time on it. 

I hope you can provide it in forecoming versions of SuSE.

Regards
Comment 1 Stanislav Brabec 2006-01-05 15:28:11 UTC 
Fixed in gimp, default in gimp-unstable.

Package will appear in next version and supplementary FTP.