Anyone heard about this GIMP update?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

I check Betanews daily. Just saw this one.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Th ... 56267696/1

edit:

Just checked GIMP.org and don't see any update from their site.

SeriousTom · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:39 pm **(#2)**

I saw it here Neowin
I couldn't see any info either.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 3:49 pm **(#3)**

It seems to be a completely new 2.8.16 installation.
I'm not sure I want to do that, without any confirmation of this update from Gimp.org.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

Thanks for the extra link, Tom.

I agree with you Wallace; don't understand why GIMP didn't just release 2.8.18; never heard of a release 2 option. lol

GIMP 2.8.16 is working fine with me; I'll wait until I first see a date change of the file from GIMP.org and also reviews from the guinea pigs that actually install it first. lol

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 4:32 pm **(#5)**

lylejk wrote:

Thanks for the extra link, Tom.

I agree with you Wallace; don't understand why GIMP didn't just release 2.8.18; never heard of a release 2 option. lol

GIMP 2.8.16 is working fine with me; I'll wait until I first see a date change of the file from GIMP.org and also reviews from the guinea pigs that actually install it first. lol

Could it be an April fools joke? :puzzled

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

Doubtful; well past April 1st.

sonoftime · **Joined:** Jan 09, 2016 **Posts:** 9

I thought the recent 2.8.16 build was to fix the installer issue, to comply with Microsoft's new security certificates.

Oregonian · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 5:49 pm **(#8)**

I'll just have to wait until Fedora comes up with the update in the repositories.

I like the 2.8.16 that I have.

Thanks for the info, Lyle!

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

OK; should have went to GIMP.org news click to begin with. Apparently the way Edge Browser saves the GIMP program causes a checksum discrepancy which the new build fixes. Won't effect those that already have installed 2.8.16.

Wallace · **Posted:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:37 pm **(#10)**

lylejk wrote:

OK;
should have went to GIMP.org news click to begin with.
Apparently the way Edge Browser saves the GIMP program causes a checksum discrepancy which the new build fixes.
Won't effect those that already have installed 2.8.16.

Are you saying this is legit?

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

I wouldn't trust any build other than one linked from GIMP.org, Wallace. That said, below's more info.

http://www.gimp.org/news/2016/03/27/upd ... signature/

Wallace · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:31 am **(#12)**

lylejk wrote:

I wouldn't trust any build other than one linked from GIMP.org, Wallace. That said, below's more info.

http://www.gimp.org/news/2016/03/27/upd ... signature/

Okay, I understand.
Thanks Lyle. :bigthup

paynekj · **Posted:** Wed Apr 06, 2016 3:42 am **(#13)**

Here's the announcement about what the problem was:
http://www.gimp.org/news/2016/03/17/cor ... -warnings/

The new installer has been signed with a newly-acquired certificate so shouldn't trigger Windows Edge to complain.

I recommend following the GIMP G+ feed: https://plus.google.com/+gimp

Kevin

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4812

lylejk wrote:

OK; should have went to GIMP.org news click to begin with. Apparently the way Edge Browser saves the GIMP program causes a checksum discrepancy which the new build fixes. Won't effect those that already have installed 2.8.16.

You mean the bl**dy browser cannot download a file and keep it intact? Hard to believe, even from a Microsoft product...

PS: the Gimp repositiory has three different version of the 2.8.16 Windows installer, dated Nov 22, Feb 20, and March 26.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

More likely the checksum error was with the original installer in the first place ofnuts. When the browser tries to validate the program, it finds a mismatch and throws flags.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

Now, Betanews shows it's at GIMP 2.8.16 update 3

lol

Nothing at GIMP.org about this.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Th ... 56267696/1

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

Now, Betanews shows it's at GIMP 2.8.16 update 3

lol

Nothing at GIMP.org about this.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Th ... 56267696/1

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Apr 08, 2016 6:29 pm **(#18)**

lylejk wrote:

Now, Betanews shows it's at GIMP 2.8.16 update 3

lol

Nothing at GIMP.org about this.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Th ... 56267696/1

That's crazy.

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2610

maybe no announcement but the installer is there

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lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12827

Ah; this time I didn't check the actually released installers. lolol

Thank Rich. Very strange behavior going on; the paranoid person in me wants to know why.