It seems we will hace to wait Meanwhile, and since this bug doen't affect gimp 2.7 I think this might be a good opportunity to give it a try.
If you are a Linux newbie like me here it is a nice tutorial on how to compile 2.7 it its very easy
http://www.gimpusers.com/tutorials/compiling-gimp-for-ubuntu
It seems we will hace to wait Meanwhile, and since this bug doen't affect gimp 2.7 I think this might be a good opportunity to give it a try.
If you are a Linux newbie like me here it is a nice tutorial on how to compile 2.7 it its very easy
http:// www.gimpusers. com/tutorials/ compiling- gimp-for- ubuntu