I upgraded to gimp-2.8-RC1 on my normal install.
I would have kept it for daily use but it proved to be too unstable.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645345 (scroll down to the end)
So I deleted it and re-installed 2.6.12 again.
For some operations I reboot into my experimental install with 2.8-RC1.
Gerard.

Only one GIMP plugin crashed with 2.8 rc1 Gerald (but not GIMP itself; believe it was the enhanced details plugin but not sure). I ended the plugin and re-ran the plugin without incident. GIMP itself has not crashed yet (but even GIMP 2.6.x would sometimes goe hours or days without a lockout issue, so the verdict is still out). I did go ahead and re-installed 2.6.12 since, as you know, 2.8 rc1 uninstalled any 2.x version of GIMP. Both working fine for the most part. Only issues I've seen so far is tif export error, jpeg size indicator stuck at 1.3G (so you won't know the size of your exported jpeg, but the jpeg will save properly), and also the user filter won't save the guf location (so everytime you use the user filter, you have to point to the guf directory; a pain that I don't think will ever get patched. Don't use this filter that often anyway and am just happy this filter still works). All and all, I'm pretty happy with 2.8 rc1, but the issues will have to be fixed related to GIMP itself, but I suspect it will get quickly fixed.

2.8 replaced 2.6.11 and everything is still there like GAP which is the only reason i kept 2.6 around
so far the only thing i'm not seeing in 2.8 is the layer effects like in Parthas 2.7 version, anyone know why

I had to put my layer effects in separately in 2.6.11
http://registry.gimp.org/node/186

Thanks Molly..just added them

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645345
Scroll down to Michael Natterer's comment of 2012-04-11.
Gerard.

I'm not seeing the rectangular select tool slow at least not with a small image or even a medium large one Gerard. I didn't download rc1 until a few days after the initial release date and maybe they might have added a few patches since I saw somewhere where they discussed that 2.8 had to be completely removed before re-installed a newer rc1 if you will. Thought that was weird and hope there's not 2 rc1s floating out in the wild. Still, I do have relatively large amounts of RAM (6Gs) as well as running a 64-bit version of GIMP now so it might be that that prevents the selection slowdown issue.

Glad to see that the tiff situation has it's own bugzilla: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673729

Well it's been years since I filed a bugzilla report since the last time I did so, I got reemed. lol

It's the jpeg save dialogue preview size issue.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673968

I'll predict you won't get reemed this time, just told that it's a duplicate of an existing bug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669818

Kevin

i found it slow, the previous 2.7 seems faster.

I did try to do a search on this Kevin, but it didn't find it; must have not done it right. Oh well. Now I'll get reemed again. lol

better consider kindly duplicate bug record to avoid the risk of unreported bug

I mean better do the best to avoid duplicate but may happen what should not happen is people giving up:
no more reporting real and maybe critical bugs because burned by stingy comments on previous report, similar comment are
no smart (..to use a euphemism.. ).

I got a very nice email back this time saying, yes, it's been already reported, but also to encourage me to report more bugs as I see them. Much better then the reem I got last time. lol

Like the new atmosphere by the developers. Give them all a raise I say.

I started getting too many memory allocation errors with the RC1 version.
Plus i was getting a libgimp error for the PDB calls?
I completely uninstalled it and re installed Gimp-2.6.12.



All better now.

2.8 rc1 64-bit hasn't crashed on me yet Rod and my last session's been open for several hours now; beginning to believe it's a keeper. Now I do have 6 Gigs of RAM, but I also have Virtualbox, PostworkShop, and FotoSketcher open concurently until just a few seconds ago (now just Virtualbox XP and GIMP). I do hope the issues that have been found get patched soon. I would give it a week or two so that more issues can be ferreted out.

GIMP Version: 2.8.0-RC1 (32Bit)
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: win 7-x64
GIMP develop Experience: bloody beginner

Hi all.

I have activated the color management thing in gimp, and I could also see the slow-down,
when activating the color management filter.
I tried to optimize the code, but I didn't find anything to optimize...
Many programs, that make use of lcms show a significant slow-down, when using color management.
So maybe it is not a problem of gimp, but a problem of lcms.
But the lcms version, gimp uses, is >= 1.6 and this is the old version.
The current version is 2.3, but this differs from 1.9 sigificantly.
So I changed some files in gimp source to use lcms 2.3, so when there is a speedup in lcms2,
gimp can make use of it. I think, with the changed files, gimp 2.8.0 RC1 reacts somewhat faster, but that is maybe
just a wish... So I don't know, if it really works. So maybe here is anyone who can test it?
I zipped the changed files. lcms-1.dll can be deleted, but now, lcms2-2.dll is required.
In my Gimp-2.8.0-RC1, the libjpeg-8.dll is required, because of a problem with marker length.

Hatti

Hi Onkel Hatti - you are very good -Groß Hatti

1. First This is the solution to the problem jpg (1.3 GB) -thanks HATTI !
2. You can temporarily solve the problem tiff:
change the files:
file-tiff-load.exe
file-tiff-save.exe
from version Partha 2.7.6 to 2.8 RC1
and add (to bin) libtiff-3.dll
3.Uuserfilter (gufF) -edit file gimprc - paste the path:
(userfilter-path "C:\\~~\\~~\\guf")
Now it all works...

to 2.:

I got the same problem. Libtiff seems only to be used for tiff loading/saving.
Maybe there is a problem with libtiff-5, I don't know.
I renamed libtiff-3.dll to libtiff-5.dll and VOILÀ :-)

Hatti

oh, I forgot:

Don't forget to post the JPG solution in Bugzilla...

Hatti

Thanks a heap for the User Filter solution MareroQ; it worked. Going to share this solution at GIMPUsers giving you full credit by linking it to your entry. Fantasic stuff.