Fw: [Bug 94979] Changed - Zoom is broken for very large images

Hello,

Recently, Sven Neumann was kind enough to implement fixes for a couple of
bugs that are very important in my usage of the GIMP (bug numbers 94979 and
103030).  FYI, these problems have to do with infinite loops and other
serious problems that result from flawed routines that determine the scale
of an image when it is initially displayed in the user interface.  The
problems only surface for images with at least one very large dimension.

I need to get these fixes applied to a Windows version of the GIMP
absolutely as soon as possible, but my porting and building skills are
relatively weak.  I've succeeded in building the GIMP under Windows once
before, but I didn't completely know what I was doing, it required a LOT of
trial and error and time, and some things didn't really seem to build just
like they were actually supposed to.  Even though I did keep some fairly
detailed notes (and posted them to this list), I'm not sure if I could
successfully repeat the process in any reasonable amount of time.

So, I was hoping that one of you might have time to put together a new 1.2.x
binary distribution of the GIMP from the files presently in CVS, or at least
a new GIMP executable.  Any help that anyone could provide would be greatly
appreciated!!!

Regards,
Kevin M.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Myers" <[email protected]>
To: "Sven Neumann" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Bug 94979] Changed - Zoom is broken for very large images


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sven Neumann" <[email protected]>
> To: "Kevin Myers" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 9:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bug 94979] Changed - Zoom is broken for very large images
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > "Kevin Myers" <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > > Thanks a lot for looking into this so quickly.  I was wondering
> > > when/how I might be able to get these patches in some form that
> > > could be easily applied to a Windows binary distribution of the
> > > Gimp?  I've once succeeded in building the gimp under Windows, but
> > > it wasn't too easy, and I don't remember all of the required steps.
> > > If you could provide something to allow me to more easily apply
> > > these changes, that would sure be appreciated.  Thanks!!
> >
> > the patches are in Bugzilla and have already been applied to
> > CVS. That's all I can do for you. I'm not responsible for your choice
> > of operating system that makes it so overly difficult to build
> > software from source. I don't think that you'd have a problem to
> > install a reasonable OS and compile The GIMP.
> >
> >
> > Salut, Sven
>
> Can't blame you, but I was just hoping :-)
> Thanks once again for investigating and implementing the patches so
quickly!
>
> Regards,
> s/KAM
>
>