Before everybody updates, it should be noted that this is the development version.

https://www.gimp.org/news/2017/12/12/gimp-2-9-8-released/ :

...What’s Next

We’ll enter strings freeze soon so that translators could safely finalize their work for 2.10. Following that we expect to start making release candidates of GIMP 2.10....

Downloaded, have no idea how to compile it... (or anything for that matter lol)

I could only find 2.9.6 for Mac.... Am I looking in the wrong place?

Well, I found the 2.9.8 download (.exe file) for Windows - is here: https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gimp/v2.9/windows/

EDIT: It was only added last night (14th Dec).

No problem!

Not sure if it was me or whether Gimp 2.9.8 doesn't like it but I cdouldn't get G'mic _qt to work with it, however the GTK version seems totally fine!

There are now also the samj's compiled versions for Win-32 and Win-64

http://samjcreations.blogspot.it/2017/1 ... p-299.html

..and they are 2.9.9

Hi Samj.

Thank You so much for the 32 bit version (the only one available on the web).

Can You include (in the next version?):
- python in the MSC version,
- addition TLS/SSL support [glib-networking] http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15256
source: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/basicnet/glib-networking.html
- add missing icons (omitted from the source:Page Setup,Help,Context Help).

For information: for Vista Home Edition (Service pack 1) gmic_gimp_qt.exe does not work with the version QT 5.8 (only with QT 5.6 http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=15330&start=120#p213135)

Merry Christmas from GimpChat to You.

Does the G'MIC plug-in work for GIMP 2.9.8 ? It seems a few people have experienced problems with this new GIMP development version when trying to add the G'MIC plug-in to it.
Interested by any feedback on that.

Probably only as a curiosity:
For the GIMP 2.9.9 version (compiled by Samji from QT 5.8), GMIC 2.1.6 compiled with QT 4.6 works very well (for old computers with XP and Vista systems).

This from a question asked on another forum. The Windows 64 bit Gimp 2.9.8 from http://www.gimp.org runs the GTK plugin but not the QT version. https://i.imgur.com/omaB0hk.jpg

I advised using the zip version, putting it to a convenient folder rather than the Gimp profile (C:\Users\your-name\Appdata\Roaming\GIMP\2.9\plug-ins) then adding to the plugins path.

No such troubles with linux
This Gimp 2.9.9 (kubuntu 16.04) and the QT plugin compiled for 2.9
So far no problems https://i.imgur.com/Y1rCh7O.jpg

The new version Samj of 2017.12.22 already supports glib-networking.

Several proposals for the Gimp 2.9.9 Win 32bit version:

- complementing the missing icons in the Legacy motif (in the annex);
- a changed version of the Aurora-Midnight theme (version 0.2 highlights icons in blue - in the annex);
- files type *.a *.la and can be removed (are unnecessary in Windows),
- older plugins need an older libglib library.I've tested a few old plugins - most of them have an icon display error (but they work). To solve the problem, please add the older version of libglib (after a few tests I used libglib 2.48.1 in the directory where these plugins are located - in the annex);
- You can add scrollbars for script-fu and python-fu (in the annex).

Will this work with my 64 bit version of gimp 2.10.8 if I put it in the 32 bit plugin folder.