#841 gimp-2.6 in F10 GA?
Closed: Fixed None Opened 15 years ago by nphilipp.

Hi,

I'd like to update gimp to version 2.6 for F10 GA, the new version was released slightly after the Beta on October 1st.

Version 2.6 is designed to be backward-compatible to version 2.4 (2.0 really) which lets users use plug-ins and scripts which were made for or built against older gimp versions. Bug fixes in the included Script-Fu Scheme implementation made it a bit more strict, possibly requiring people to fix 3rd party scripts where they don't meet certain language rules, see "Backwards Compatibility" in http://gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.6.html for details.

Only a few packages depend on the gimp libraries, most of these are or contain gimp plug-ins. These should just work as they are, but I'll do test-rebuilds of them in any case, I can also rebuild them for real later in the process. I've tested the development versions (2.5.x) every once in a while in the past, I also tested a locally built 2.6 package.

I've only found one problem so far, namely that the !WebKit-gtk based built-in help browser crashes (which doesn't affect the main application, because it's a separate process). I've not yet nailed whether the bug is in gimp or webkit. If all else fails, I'll change the default to using the normal web browser.

I'd really like to get this in now, partly because I already got requests for it and because getting it in as an update later on will likely mean less testing by other people. I also plan to update gimp (and its dependencies gegl and babl) in F9 later on because once a new upstream stable version is out, there's not much interest in the old stable version -- from both the users and developers.


Meanwhile, I've tested rebuilding these dependent packages, all built well(*):

  • gimp-lqr-plugin
  • gimp-resynthesizer
  • gnome-scan
  • GREYCstoration
  • gutenprint
  • mathmap
  • ufraw
  • xsane

(*): I had to add the "-fno-tree-pre" compiler option so tha building of GREYCstoration doesn't take forever (check a recent koji build of it), but this problem is not related to gimp.

Besides that, translation coverage is about the same upstream with both versions 2.4 and 2.6, i.e. slightly above 70% over all messages and languages (I though I'd mention that because Warren asked me about it on IRC).

I'll go ahead and build it then.

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