** Description changed:
Please backport gimp 2.8.0-2ubuntu1 (main) from quantal to precise.
Reason for the backport:
Further to my previous request, which I didn't file as a bug report because I
didn't know the procedure.
GIMP 2.8 has been many years in the making, and just barely missed precise.
As it is an LTS, it really should get this backported, as it has many features
that make it more competitive with the market leading raster image editing
software.
These new features were things that GIMP users have been demanding for a long
time, like a single window mode, and on text canvas editing.
I don't know if it will be possible to backport it due to backports policy
reasons, but I hope it is!
Testing:
Mark off items in the checklist [X] as you test them, but please leave the
checklist so that backporters can quickly evaluate the state of testing.
You can test-build the backport in your PPA with backportpackage:
$ backportpackage -u ppa:lp username/ppa name -s quantal -d precise gimp
* precise:
[x] Package builds without modification
[x] libgimp2.0 installs cleanly and runs
[x] gimp-dbg installs cleanly and runs
[x] libgimp2.0-doc installs cleanly and runs
[x] libgimp2.0-dev installs cleanly and runs
[x] gimp-data installs cleanly and runs
[x] gimp installs cleanly and runs
Reverse dependencies:
=
The following reverse-dependencies need to be tested against the new version
of gimp. For reverse-build-dependencies (-Indep), please test that the package
still builds against the new gimp. For reverse-dependencies, please test that
the version of the package currently in the release still works with the new
gimp installed. Reverse- Recommends, Suggests, and Enhances don't need to be
tested, and are listed for completeness-sake.
libgimp2.0
--
* gimp-flegita
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* exult-studio
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-gluas
[x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-dds
[x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-texturize
[x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-gutenprint
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-dimage-color
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gtkam-gimp
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-lensfun
[x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-gap
[x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-resynthesizer
- [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
+ [x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-plugin-registry
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* sane
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-gmic
[x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* xsane
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* mrwtoppm-gimp
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-normalmap
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-dcraw
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-cbmplugs
- [ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
+ [x] precise (Reverse-Depends)
* gimp-ufraw
[ ] precise (Reverse-Depends)
libgimp2.0-doc
--
gimp-dbg
* gnome-dbg
[ ] precise (Reverse-Recommends)
libgimp2.0-dev
--
* ufraw
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-normalmap
[x] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-plugin-registry
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-texturize
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* mrwtoppm
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-resynthesizer
- [ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
- [ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
+ [x] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* sane-frontends
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimplensfun
[x] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-data-extras
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends-Indep)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends-Indep)
* cbmplugs
- [ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
- [ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
+ [x] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gmic
[x] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* exult
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-dds
[x] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gimp-dimage-color
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gnome-scan
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* mtink
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gutenprint
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* xsane
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* gtkam
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends)
* cimg
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends-Indep)
[ ] precise (Reverse-Build-Depends-Indep)
* gluas