Comment 35 for bug 863154

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