Only mentioned because there are expectations that the five save options only are an issue for casual users and a lingering presumption that “proper” work involves saving edit history. I don’t think anyone would argue that 5 menu items for saving are helpful for noobs.
I don’t remember when it was changed,
Introduced with 2.8, so in May 2012. Nearly 12yo, that’s a big boy now…
There are shortcuts in 2.10 for this. If you open a JPEG you can tweak it and overwrite it with File > Overwrite (Shift-Alt-S).
I know it’s included in my list above of five ways of saving in gimp. Usability isn’t additive rather the opposite. You never* solve a ui problem by adding a button or an option.
* ok sometimes you do
Bit of a link to this earlier post.
Incorrect:
File > Save as
Save as type: PDF