There has been a flurry of updates just in the last day. GEGL twice.
The cage transform has not been working for some time.
From last year:
http://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-de ... formationsMaybe not universal and dependent on libraries because it also effects my Gimp 2.8.16 in PCLOS. Not much action on this, but it is a terrible tool anyway.
Some nice things, MyPaint brushes are working much better now and a
search. Hit the / key brings up a search box. Click on an item to activate.
edit: oops - I see Rod already mentioned that one
I find 2.9.3 has actually gone back in terms of speed. Looks like you might need a cray super computer to use N-Point deformations