[Gimp-user] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.8.6 released

[Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>]

Hi,

GIMP 2.8.6 has been released. This is a bugfix release
in the stable 2.8 series, no new features were added.

For a complete list of changes since 2.8.4 please see the "Changes"
section below. Also see the release notes of the 2.8 series at
http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html

Happy GIMPing,
--Mitch


Download
========

  GIMP 2.8.6 is available from:

  ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/

  and from the mirrors listed at:

  http://www.gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors

  The checksum of the tarball is:

  12b3fdf33d1f07ae79b412a9e38b9693  gimp-2.8.6.tar.bz2


Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.8.4 to GIMP 2.8.6
=================================================


Core:

 - Fix saving to URIs, it was broken to only allow exporting, and fix
   save/export of compressed files
 - Fix brush spacing for drawing in any direction
 - Increase the maximum size of clipboard brushes and patterns to
1024x1024
 - Make sure data objects are saved when only their name was changed


GUI:

 - Don't allow single-window docks to shrink smaller than their
requisition
 - Make sure a single-window's right docks keep their size across
sessions
 - Allow to change the spacing of non-generated brushes again
 - In single-window mode, make Escape move the focus to the canvas,
   and beep if the focus is already there
 - Be smarter about unavailable fonts, and don't crash
 - Make clicking the single-window's close button quit GIMP
 - Make view-close (Ctrl+W) only close image windows and tabs, not docks


Libgimp:

 - Add SIGNED_ROUND() which also rounds negative values correctly


Plug-ins:

 - Make GIMP_PLUGIN_DEBUG work again after GLib changed logging
 - Fix zealous crop for transparent borders


Installer:

 - Add Hungarian translation


Data:

 - Add a default "Color from Gradient" dynamics and tool preset


General:

 - Lots of bug fixes
 - Lots of translation updates


Contributors
============

  Daniel Sabo, Dov Grobgeld, Gabor Kelemen, Jehan, Kevin Cozens,
  Martin Husemann, Massimo Valentini, Michael Henning, Michael
  Natterer, Mikael Magnusson, Mukund Sivaraman, Nils Philippsen, Pedro
  Gimeno Fortea, Petr Kubiznak, Sven Claussner, Téo Mazars


Translators
===========

  Aurimas Černius, Balázs Úr, Christian Kirbach, Daniel Mustieles,
  Daniel Winzen, Dimitris Spingos, Enrico Nicoletto, Javier Silva
  Ortiz, Marco Ciampa, Martin Srebotnjak, Michael Natterer, Piotr
  Drąg, Rafael Ferreira, Stanislav Petrek, Милош Поповић