release-notes/devel/en_US PackageNotes.xml,1.16,1.17

[Paul W. Frields (pfrields)]

Author: pfrields

Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv16434

Modified Files:
	PackageNotes.xml 
Log Message:
Include latest note on GIMP for final relnotes push



Index: PackageNotes.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/PackageNotes.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- PackageNotes.xml	22 Apr 2007 09:18:48 -0000	1.16
+++ PackageNotes.xml	1 May 2007 12:43:50 -0000	1.17
@@ -123,4 +123,33 @@
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     </para>
   </section>
+  <section id="sn-Graphics">
+    <title>Graphics</title>
+    <section id="sn-sn-GIMP-Plugins">
+      <title>Handling of GIMP Plugins Contained in Other Packages</title>
+      <para>The <application>GIMP</application> package in Fedora
+	includes a helper script
+	<filename>/usr/sbin/gimp-plugin-mgr</filename> for plugins
+	contained in other packages, for example,
+	<package>xsane-gimp</package>. This script manages symlinks from
+	the <application>GIMP</application> plugin directory (which may
+	change between upgrades) to the actual location of the
+	plugins.</para>
+      <para>A bug has been fixed in the Fedora 7 release of
+	<application>GIMP</application> that was in all older
+	<application>GIMP</application> packages, including all those in
+	the test releases. The bug concerns the execution order in which
+	the symlinks are installed and removed, causing the symlinks to
+	vanish when the <application>GIMP</application> package is
+	updated.</para>
+      <para>Although the <application>GIMP</application> package
+	contained in the final release has the execution order fixed,
+	due to the nature of the problem it will show up once more when
+	updating from an affected version to a fixed version. To add
+	these symlinks back in, run this command, providing the
+	<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> password when
+	prompted:</para>
+      <screen><![CDATA[su -c "/usr/sbin/gimp-plugin-mgr --install '*'"]]></screen>
+    </section>
+  </section>
 </section>