Re: [Gimp-user] script-fu: file-pbm-save gives ppm file

[Bob Long <bob oblong com au>]

Roland Winkler wrote on 13/01/15 02:29:

> Good to know, thank you.  I have not yet tried to build gimp myself,
> but I feel confident I should be able to get this working.
> Certainly, I understand you do not want to provide bugfixes for
> previous versions of gimp.
>
> Roland

You should not have to build (if you mean compiling, etc) it yourself.
Look, for example, at:

https://launchpad.net/~otto-kesselgulasch

-- 
Bob Long

> On Mon Jan 12 2015 Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
> > It is a bug in this version of GIMP that no longer exists in gimp
> > 2.8.0 and later -
> >
> > it was corrected in February - 2012 by Massimo Valentini, just prior
> > to the 2.8 version release
> > in May.
> >
> > Please take in mind that GIMP do _not_ maintain bug-fix releases of
> > outdated stable versions -
> > the current mainline branch is 2.8.x - and if your OS does not support
> > that, either upgrade, or refrain from trying serious work on it.
> >
> > I am pretty shure that although GIMP 2.8 is not the official packages
> > for your 2012 Ubunut, there are GIMP 2.8 builds for it available under
> > alternate install methods.