[gimp-web/testing] Kick start the news for GIMP 2.10.2.



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Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date:   Wed May 16 03:28:29 2018 +0200

    Kick start the news for GIMP 2.10.2.

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+Title: GIMP 2.10.2 Released
+Date: 2018-05-27
+Category: News
+Authors: Wilber
+Slug: gimp-2-10-2-released
+Summary: GIMP 2.10.2 released (bug fixes, HEIF support and new filters)
+Status: draft
+
+It has barely been a month since we released GIMP 2.10.0, and the
+version 2.10.2 is already there!
+As expected, its main purpose is fixing the various bugs and issues
+which can be expected from a major release.
+
+**Therefore 38 bugs have been fixed in less than a month!**
+
+Yet as you may recall, we have also been relaxing the policy for new
+features, and this is the first time we will be applying this policy
+with features in a minor release! How cool is that?
+
+# New features
+## Added support for HEIF image format
+
+This release brings you HEIF image support, both for loading and export!
+
+Thanks to Dirk Farin for the HEIF plug-in.
+
+## New filters
+
+TODO: New Spherize filter to wrap an image around a spherical cap
+
+TODO: New Recursive Transform filter to create Droste effect.
+
+# Noteworthy improvements
+## Better single-window screenshots on Windows
+
+While our screenshot plug-in was already a lot better in GIMP 2.10.0, we
+had a few issues with single-window screenshots on Windows, when the
+window was hidden behind other window, or partly off-screen, as well as
+when display scaling was activated.
+
+All these issues have been fixed by the new contributor Gil Eliyahu.
+
+## Histogram computation improved
+
+GIMP now calculates histograms in separate threads which eliminates some
+UI freezes. This has been implemented with some new internal API which
+may be reused later for other cases.
+
+# Third-party packagers: set your bug tracker address
+
+As you know, we now have a debug dialog which may pop-up when crashes
+occur, with debug information. This dialog opens our bug tracker in a
+browser.
+
+We realized that a lot of bugs are getting to us from third-party
+builds, and a significant part of the bugs are package-specific. In
+order to relieve a bit our burden, since we are a very small team,
+we would appreciate if packagers could make a first filtering of bugs,
+reporting us what looks like actual core bugs, and taking care of
+packaging issues.
+
+This is why our `configure` script now has the `--with-bug-report-url`
+option, allowing you to set your own bug tracker web URL. This way, when
+people will click the "*Open Bug Tracker*" button, it will open the
+package bug tracker instead.
+
+# GIMP 3 is already on its way…
+
+While GIMP 2.10.0 was still hot, barely released, our developers started
+working on GIMP 3 like crazy. One of the main task is cleaning the code
+out of the many deprecated pieces of code or data, as well as code made
+useless by the switch to GTK+3.
+
+The deletion is really going full-speed, with more than [200
+commits](https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/log/?h=gtk3-port) made in
+less than a month on the GTK+3 branch, with already 9805 lines inserted
+for 921630 lines deleted!
+
+*Delete delete delete… exterminate!*
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}gimp-2-10-2-exterminate-bugs.png" alt="Exterminate (GTK+2)!">
+<figcaption>
+Michael Natterer and Jehan portrayed by <a href="http://film.zemarmot.net/";>Aryeom</a>.
+<br/>
+It actually misses Simon Budig, a long time contributor who made a big
+comeback on the GTK+3 port with dozens of commits!
+</figcaption>
+</figure>


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