[gimp-web/testing] First draft of news for GIMP 2.10.8.



commit b6f1c2bdf12c28c95c92cd1bfc7db93eaf5bae37
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date:   Sun Sep 30 20:07:10 2018 +0200

    First draft of news for GIMP 2.10.8.

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+Title: GIMP 2.10.8 Released
+Date: 2018-09-30
+Category: News
+Authors: Wilber
+Slug: gimp-2-10-8-released
+Summary: GIMP 2.10.8 released, bug fixes and optimizations
+Status: draft
+
+Though GIMP updated policy allows cool new features in micro releases,
+we also take pride on the stability of our software, so that you can
+edit images while feeling safe for your work.
+GIMP 2.10.8 is in this spirit, mostly the result of dozens of bug fixes
+and optimizations.
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}wilber-co-Aryeom_stability.png" alt="Stable GIMP, Wilber and co"/>
+<figcaption>
+<em>Wilber and Co.</em> strip, by <a href="https://girinstud.io/";>Aryeom and Jehan</a>, 2013
+</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+In particular, chunk size of image projections are now determined
+dynamically depending on processing speed, allowing better
+responsiveness of GIMP on less powerful machines whereas processing
+would end up faster on more powerful ones.
+
+Moreover various tools have been added to generate performance logs,
+which will allow us to optimize even more GIMP in the future.
+As most recent optimizations of GIMP, these are the results of Ell
+awesomeness. Thanks Ell!
+
+In the meantime, various bugs have been fixed, for instance in
+`wavelet-decompose`, for the new vertical text feature (including text
+along path), in selection tools, and so on. Moreover on Windows, we
+improved RawTherapee detection (for RawTherapee 5.5 and over), working
+in sync with the developers of this very nice RAW processing software.
+And much much more fixes, here and thereā€¦
+
+The Save dialog also got a bit of retouching as it shows now more
+prominently the features preventing backward compatibility (in case you
+wish to send images to someone using an older GIMP). Of course, we want
+to stress that we absolutely recommend to always use the last version of
+GIMP. But life is what it is, so we know that sometimes you have no
+choices. Now it will be easier to make your XCF backward compatible
+(which means of course that some new features must not be used).
+
+<figure>
+<img src="{attach}save-dialog-compatibility-list.jpg" alt="Compatibility issues in Save dialog"/>
+<figcaption>
+Save dialog shows compatibility issues when relevant
+</figcaption>
+</figure>
+
+Finally on GEGL side, a new buffer iterator API was added, and GIMP code
+has been ported to this improved interface.
+
+See also the [NEWS][] file for more, and the [commit history][] for even
+more details.
+
+[NEWS]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/blob/c6f1196721d9e8d1179a09d91557656895e6086d/NEWS#L11
+[commit history]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/commits/gimp-2-10
+
+We wish you a lot of fun with GIMP, as it becomes stabler everyday!
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