Another 2.8.10 bug now fixed in 2.8.14.

I might be one of the few but so far, I'm very happy with the GIMP 2.8.12/14 release.

You mean they finally fixed the webdings bug? Wow. Still I'll resist until I know the libraries and such are packaged correctly (don't want to have to manually copy libraries after install).

Graechan, all of those bugs I listed were fixed in 2.8.12/14 and upward. I believe the only new bugfix that was applied to the GIMP 2.8 master after the release of 2.8.12/14 was the stroke bug, which was included in what you are calling V2.8.15.

From my perspective, the Windows' library issue is a separate problem and I would not consider it a GIMP "bug" (as in coding bug).

Well, I don't use Windows very much and I don't use GIMP for Windows but my understanding is that GIMP 2.8.12/14 for Windows was initially released with Windows libraries (dll's) that were not fully compatible. So, Windows users were having to roll back to the older, more compatible Windows' libraries used in GIMP 2.8.10. I don't know all of the issues caused by the packaging of incompatible Windows' .dll's, but there were several.

Onkel Hatti outlined the offending dll's in this post


I wouldn't consider issues caused by the incompatible Windows libraries to be GIMP "bugs" because GIMP 2.8.12/14 works fine in Linux. It was more of a Windows packaging and installation problem.

GIMP 2.8.15 from Samj appears to be a new compile from the daily Windows compiles, with the stroke bug fixed. It's also been packaged to be portable and includes the more compatible libraries, as well as the addition of several popular plug-ins.

Yes. I believe Samj's package includes the more compatible libraries and as a bonus, it has the stroke bug (you discovered) fixed, as well as being portable and with the addition of several plug-ins.

At this point, I'm not sure if the "Official" Windows packages from the GIMP team have been fixed/released. Maybe someone can let us know. If not, Partha's or Samj's packages would be the way to go for Window's users.

Looks like there are still some issues with the Official Installer, Graechan.

We have released an updated 2.8.14 installer (http) for Microsoft Windows. This one fixes the crash on window resize and the missing icons bugs - all by updating the included GTK+ library to 2.24.24.

Still unsolved are the missing spacing character in the zoom drop down and the disappearing background on high zooms (updating the Pango and Cairo libraries that are didn't change anything there), investigations continue.

Please continue to report bugs, we can't fix what we don't know about.

http://www.gimp.org/

Maybe someone with Windows can provide an example. I don't have those problems in Linux. Clearly, there are still issues with the Windows libraries

Yup Sams works fine also as long as i don't use my theme.
Too bad. If i use my Theme Python doesn't work. Probably a widget code thing?
It almost seems like aurora dll and pixmap dll are needed now.

I can also confirm that Sams doesn't have the problems that the newer installer seems to still have.Sizing issues are fine here.
Not going to install the gimp.org version yet. No way am i going to mess up my PSPI again.

Can you confirm the sizing issue mentioned by Hatti is not present in Samj's 2.8.15 (9-01-2013)?

Thanks for letting me know that. I was not aware this was a known Windows problem in GIMP 2.8.x. The last post from the GIMP team seemed to suggest is was a new problem with GIMP 2.8.14. I don't remember seeing any complains about it on GC before now.