Re: Is GIMP seriously broken in Buster?

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Gary Dale wrote:

> Am I missing something or is GIMP seriously broken? In my Buster/AMD64 
> system, I open a picture, select a section and try to cut it and the 
> whole picture disappears. I'm left with a white or transparent 
> background. If I select a region and try to copy it, GIMP crashes.

  no problems for me, what desktop are you using?

  i made sure my current versions were updated and
i did the operations you've cited...


> I'm reduced to using KolourPaint for the urgent editing work I'm trying 
> to do.

  why do you use Buster if you have urgent editing work?

  testing should not be used for production work, or at
least if you are expecting such needs make sure it works
before you get in a jam.

  i always keep a stable bootable partition for such
things.


  songbird