don't recommend out-of-date gimp-help-en

[skierpage]

I installed gimp with
   sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gimp

and the install printed

  Suggested packages:
    gimp-help-en gimp-help gimp-data-extras

so after gimp 2.8.10 installed successfully I ran
   sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gimp-help-en

but this installed gimp-help-common (2.6.1-1) and gimp-help-en (2.6.1-1), help for the OLD VERSION OF gimp.

This is actively unhelpful for 90% of gimp users who are better off browsing up-to-date documentation at http://docs.gimp.org/2.8/en/

Until it's updated, gimp-help-en *shouldn't* be a recommended package for gimp, and the package information should have a disclaimer "Help for the old 2.6 version of gimp, this documentation hasn't been updated since 2011."

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: gimp-help-en 2.6.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-43.72-generic 3.13.11.11
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-43-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 20 23:04:25 2014
Dependencies: gimp-help-common 2.6.1-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-27 (238 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: gimp-help
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dino99 (9d9)]

Would like to also have the related help packages; which you can download for packaging at:

http://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/gimp-help-2.8.2.tar.bz2

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

The 2.8 help was added to vivid, so this is no longer a problem in the latest Ubuntu release.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp-help/2.8.2-0ubuntu1

As regards trusty, a backport to update gimp-help to 2.8 would be a proper step to take for someone who is willing to do it.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports