Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP 2.9.5 commit 0c9d76d corrupting image layers

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 12:11 PM, Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>
wrote:

> On 04/25/2017 04:33 AM, gstalnaker wrote:
>
> > I know ... I know ... 2.9.5 is not a general release build, still
> > "experimental," but that any version of Gimp should corrupt an image
> layer is
> > beyond alarming.
>
> There is no testing whatsoever done for random builds of the development
> branch at random times - and this is what every 2.9.5 is.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Michael
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This has to do with gegl tiles/cache and how gegl manages memory on
Windows. You set the cache size too high and you have stack issues. It have
nothing to do with "random builds at random times".  It's a design issue.

OP: if you look through the log as I mentioned before you will see a whole
bunch of gegl messages.