GIMP *final* release for Gutsy?

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:48:55 -0700 "Scott (angrykeyboarder)" 
<geekboy at angrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
>Gutsy shipped with a *non-final* release of The GIMP (2.4 RC3, to be
>specific).
>
>In situations of this type (my) logic would dictate that Gutsy would be
>updated (gutsy-updates?) with the Final version soon after it's release
>(rather than leave users with an unfinished product in main).
>
>As this has not been the case, I requested a sync from Debian Sid (sid
>currently has GIMP 2.4.1).  My request was marked as a duplicate of the
>following:
>
>	https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+source/gimp/+bug/157642.
>
>The initial response to that bug was "THank you for your bug report. I'm
>marking this as triaged."
>
>The bug was then quietly changed from "Triaged" to "Wishlist"(!).
>
>In my worst case scenario GIMP 2.4.x would eventually land in Gutsy
>backports.  In my best case scenario it would (more logically) land in
>main and in the next week.
>
>It seems this has become a "back burner bug".
>
>How might I get it back to the "front burner" and how might I get GIMP
>2.4.x to land in a Gutsy updates or backports place within,  say the
>next week?
>
>Please note:
>
>I'm not a developer.
>I'm not package maintainer.
>I'm just an ordinary user.
>
As a rule, developers aren't terribly impressed by version numbers.  What problem are you 
having that you think this would fix and that is severe enough to warrant a stable release 
update?

Scott K