NEWS

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                   GNU Image Manipulation Program
                          2.6 Stable Branch
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This is the stable branch of GIMP. No new features are being added
here, just bug-fixes.


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.6 to GIMP 2.6.7
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* Bugs fixed:

 591017 – Tablet pan is not working as fast as it should
 577581 – Crashes when using any colors tool/function on Windows
 589667 – GIMP crashes when clicking GEGL Operation on Windows
 569833 – file-jpeg-save erroneous with small quality values
 590638 – Changing palettes from list to grid view loses "locked to dock"
          status
 589674 – "Send by Email" does not update "Filename"
 589674 – "Send by Email" does not update "Filename"
 586851 – Transparent BMP files fail to load
 589205 – help-browser uses deprecated (and sometimes broken) webkit call
 582821 – 'Sphere Designer' does not reset correctly...
 570353 – first time open of .svg file ignores the requested units
 555777 – Export to MNG animation fails
 577301 – Dithering with transparency is broken for "positioned" method
 493778 – metadata plug-in crashes on some images
 567466 – PNG comment not found if more than 1 tEXt chunks
 585665 – Exporting to PSD with a blank text layer creates a corrupt file
 586316 – Levels tool does not adjust output levels correctly if input
          levels are changed
 569661 – Import from PDF throws errors when entering resolution in
          pixels per millimetre
 567262 – Black pixels appear in "Spread" filter preview
 554658 – Path Dialog: Path preview pics not to see constantly
 167604 – gimp_gradient_get_color_at() may return out-of-bounds values
 567393 – Rectangle select tool size shrinks to 0 if size is larger than
          the image and the up or down arrow is pressed
 587543 – crash when invoking certain actions by keyboard shortcut
 563029 - Closing maximized image doesn't restore document window size
 585488 – Perspective transformation on a layer with a mask causes crash
 586008 - GIMP crashes when right-click canceling a drawing action initiated
          outside layer boundaries
 584345 – when printing, the number of copies should be reset to 1
 557061 – Alpha to Logo
 472644 – Rotate with clipping crops the whole layer
 577575 – transform tool fills underlying extracted area wrongly
 555738 – Image display is wrong after undoing canvas size
 577024 – help-browser plugin crashes when used with webkit 1.1.3
 555025 – Action GEGL box widgets weirdness

* Updated and new translations:

 Czech (cs)
 Danish (da)
 German (de)
 Spanish (es)
 Basque (eu)
 Finnish (fi)
 Hungarian (hu)
 Italian (it)
 Gujarati (gu)
 Japaness (ja)
 Kannada (kn)
 Marathi (mr)
 Norwegian bokmål (nb)
 Oriya (or)
 Portuguese (pt)
 Romanian (ro)
 Sinhala (si)
 Swedish (sv)
 Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)
 Traditional Chinese - Hong Kong (zh_HK)
 Traditional Chinese - Taiwan (zh_TW)


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.5 to GIMP 2.6.6
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* Bugs fixed:

 571117 – lcms plug-in crashes on broken profile
 575154 – changing the help browser preference may not work
 573542 – blur plugin: bug in the first line
 572403 – gimp-2.6 crashed with SIGSEGV in IA__g_object_get()
 573695 – 1-bit white background saved as PBM becomes all black
 573488 – Small bug in Filter>Distorts>Ripple
 572156 – top left pixel position/coordinate is not 0,0 but 1,1
 472644 – Rotate with clipping crops the whole layer

* Updated translations:

 German (de)
 Spanish (es)
 Estonian (et)
 Basque (eu)
 French (fr)
 Italian (it)
 Portuguese (pt)
 Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.4 to GIMP 2.6.5
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* Bugs fixed:

 571628 – Scaling image to 25% turn background from white to grey
 567840 – GIMP's GtkScaleButton conflicts with GTK's
 569043 – GEGL tool - missing Operation Settings for all sub-tools
 568890 – don't rely on GtkAction implementation details
 568909 – wrong RGB values for color names in libgimpcolor/gimprgb-parse.c
 568839 – wrong hex RGB value for the color names slategrey and slategray
 559408 - Brushes dragged to the image window look strange
 563337 – Rectangle Select Tool does not allow 1:1 fixed ratio
 568016 – Black pullout parameter of plug-in-newsprint has no effect
 562818 – First image opened in GIMP offset
 562213 – Align Tool doesn't work properly if it is the active tool
          at startup

* Updated translations:

 Spanish (es)
 Estonian (et)
 Hindi (hi)
 Italian (it)
 Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR)
 Romanian (ro)
 Russian (ru)
 Serbian (sr)
 Tamil (ta)
 Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.3 to GIMP 2.6.4
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* Bugs fixed:

 565223 – Perspective transformation jagged edges / comb effect
 563985 – jpg save dialog: "cancel" is treated like "commit"
          for settings
 564087 – Using clone tool on a layer with a part out of canvas
          causes crashes
 564593 – crash when the drawable is changed while a color tool
          is active
 564869 – GIMP crashes on selecting Tools->GEGL operation
 565138 – python-fu-foggify does not check if image is in rgb mode
 563130 – Hue selection mode does not cross the 0-360 degrees line
 563179 – Scrollbars not resized when we extend the canvas size
 562459 – PF_PALETTE: 'TypeError' when used in a plugin that is
          registered in <Image>
 562427 – Compilation with --as-needed
 562386 – PF_SLIDER and PF_SPINNER 'Step' values do not change
          consistently...
 562366 – Default image dimensions are not correctly
          transferred in the file/new dialog box
 561899 – GIMP can't save to mounted filesystem if file exists

* Updated translations:

 Greek (el)
 Hindi (hi)
 Hungarian (hu)
 Italian (it)
 Japanese (ja)
 Korean (ko)
 Slovenian (sl)
 Swedish (sv)
 Tamil (ta)
 Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.2 to GIMP 2.6.3
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* Bugs fixed:

 558454 – Plugin Map Color Range disappears from GIMP
 559239 – Error while loading psd-data
 560903 – Explicit zooming with e.g. '1' should handle
	  zoom-focus better
 560245 – Zoom selection always centered in the Navigation tab
 559490 – Wrong lang tags for 'no'
 559292 – SOTA Chrome cannot accept different textures
 560375 – Clearing an already empty document history crashes GIMP
 559580 – Image windows need better default locations
 560283 – "Scale image..." causes distortion around edges
 559716 – Changing crop size in Crop Tool Options can make UI
          unresponsive
 558549 – Stroking a single-point path with a paint tool
          crashes GIMP
 559015 – Move tool gives bad information about px moved
 558660 – help behavior for locales without manual translation

* Updated translations:

 Belarusian (be)
 Dutch (nl)
 German (de)
 Japanese (ja)
 Lithuanian (lt)
 Norwegian Bokmål (nb)
 Norwegian Nynorsk (nn)
 Polish (pl)
 Romanian (ro)


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.1 to GIMP 2.6.2
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* Bugs fixed:

 557950 – Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4
 558215 – unit and zoom entries in Statusbar not visible
 558451 – Cannot build GIMP using Sun CC on Solaris 2.8
 558420 – projection incorrect with alpha-less layers
 556603 – Zoom region always zooms in center of image
 557870 – "Qmask" message popping up here and there
 557705 – compatibility with GEGL > 0.0.20
 556248 – Scaling gives 'jagged' edges
 556804 – Zoom drop down doesn't update
 524615 – Print not to scale
 555246 – gimp crashes when a file is opened while a preview is generating
 556741 – Alpha layer automatically added (in psd format)
 556182 – Could you please explain a few strings [I18N]
 555697 – build fails if configured with --without-libjpeg
 134956 – Curves tool doesn't save free curves

* Updated translations:

 Czech (cs)
 Danish (da)
 Finnish (fi)
 French (fr)
 Japanese (ja)
 Polish (pl)
 Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR)
 Swedish (sv)
 Simplified Chinese (zh_CN)


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.0 to GIMP 2.6.1
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* Bugs fixed:

 555587 – PSD file crashes PSD plug-in
 555222 – PSD Load Plugin: unsupported compression mode
 555362 – gimp-remote is not working properly
 555280 – some gif files will not be open
 554890 – JPEG Save Options Dialog does not remember
 554966 – Gimp crashes creating a new image using a template
 554785 – Compile failure on uri-backend-libcurl
 554646 – Opening Help crashes GIMP with lqr-plugin installed
 553534 – centering issues after image scaling and setting zoom
 554898 – Compile failure on uri-backend-wget.c

* Updated translations:

 Belarusian (be)
 Catalan (ca)
 Finnish (fi)
 French (fr)
 Japanese (ja)
 Macedonian (mk)
 Punjab (pa)
 Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR)
 Romanian (ro)
 Slovenian (sl)
 Swedish (sv)