Comment 33 for bug 578045

Gentlemen,

Is there an update on the status of this bug? Has anything changed with the status of the request since 12.04 was released?

This crucial topic has been brought up once again on omgbuntu for the release of GIMP 2.8.2:

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/08/gimp-2-8-2-released-with-small-bug-fixes

@ Michael: Your statement below indicated that we could expect an easy method to maintain the up to date software on an LTS release, is this now the case? If software is in the 12.10 repositories are we able to now use this as a backport? Is there some emphasis at making back ports for additional software applications?

Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote on 2012-03-16: #28
Please note that for 12.04 we have a new feature that allows viewing/installing software from *-backports.
This will allow the user to opt into the latest software version (if its availalbe in *-backports) easily.

@ MPT: As this bug is assigned to you and it has been 6 months since you commented here on the status of this bug report can you provide an update of any description? Is it still valid for you and Ubuntu? Can we expect any changes or should we still be looking to upgrade to the latest new release every 6 months to get up to date software, such as GIMP 2.8 and Libre Office 3.6?

Best regards and thank you for your time.

John Mills