diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5b3da37a7..0043f56827 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2005-12-28  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	* HACKING
+	* INSTALL: document the changed dependencies.
+
+	* configure.in
+	* app/sanity.c: check for glib >= 2.8.2 at compile and run-time.
+
+	* app/plug-in/plug-in.c: removed workaround for glib < 2.8.2.
+
 2005-12-28  Simon Budig  <simon@gimp.org>
 
 	* tools/pdbgen/pdb/image.pdb
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index 3fcd1a208a..1c8ba3b6f2 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ anonymous CVS server:
 The interesting modules and the suggested stable branches to use are:
 
     * gimp
-    * glib        (glib-2-6)
-    * atk         (gnome-2-6)
-    * pango       (pango-1-8)
-    * gtk+        (gtk-2-6)
+    * glib        (glib-2-8)
+    * atk         (gnome-2-12)
+    * pango       (pango-1-10)
+    * gtk+        (gtk-2-8)
     * libart_lgpl
     * gtkhtml2
     * intltool
diff --git a/app/plug-in/gimpplugin.c b/app/plug-in/gimpplugin.c
index 49d457ac73..448027ef4d 100644
--- a/app/plug-in/gimpplugin.c
+++ b/app/plug-in/gimpplugin.c
@@ -433,38 +433,13 @@ plug_in_open (PlugIn *plug_in)
 
   argc = 0;
 
-#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 8, 2)
-  /* In GLib < 2.8.2 on Win32 the argument vector passed to g_spawn*()
-   * should be in system codepage.
-   *
-   * Checking compile-time GLib version is the right thing to do.
-   * Even if running against GLib >= 2.8.2, code compiled against
-   * headers from GLib < 2.8.2 use backward-compatible functions that
-   * still take system codepage. Only code compiled against headers
-   * from GLib >= 2.8.2 use the g_spawn versions (that actually are
-   * called g_spawn*_utf8()) that take UTF-8.
-   */
-  if (interp)
-    {
-      args[argc++] = g_locale_from_utf8 (interp, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-      if (args[argc-1] == NULL)
-	g_error ("Interpreter %s is a file name with characters not in the system codepage. That doesn't work when GIMP is built against GLib 2.8.1 or earlier.", interp);
-    }
-#else
   if (interp)
     args[argc++] = interp;
-#endif
 
   if (interp_arg)
     args[argc++] = interp_arg;
 
-#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 8, 2)
-  args[argc++] = g_locale_from_utf8 (plug_in->prog, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-  if (args[argc-1] == NULL)
-    g_error ("Plug-in %s is a file name with characters not in the system codepage. That doesn't work when GIMP is built against GLib 2.8.1 or earlier.", plug_in->prog);
-#else
   args[argc++] = plug_in->prog;
-#endif
   args[argc++] = "-gimp";
   args[argc++] = read_fd;
   args[argc++] = write_fd;
@@ -543,18 +518,6 @@ cleanup:
   g_free (read_fd);
   g_free (write_fd);
   g_free (stm);
-
-#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 8, 2)
-  argc = 0;
-  if (interp)
-    g_free (args[argc++]);
-
-  if (interp_arg)
-    argc++;
-
-  g_free (args[argc++]);
-#endif
-
   g_free (interp);
   g_free (interp_arg);
 
diff --git a/app/plug-in/plug-in.c b/app/plug-in/plug-in.c
index 49d457ac73..448027ef4d 100644
--- a/app/plug-in/plug-in.c
+++ b/app/plug-in/plug-in.c
@@ -433,38 +433,13 @@ plug_in_open (PlugIn *plug_in)
 
   argc = 0;
 
-#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 8, 2)
-  /* In GLib < 2.8.2 on Win32 the argument vector passed to g_spawn*()
-   * should be in system codepage.
-   *
-   * Checking compile-time GLib version is the right thing to do.
-   * Even if running against GLib >= 2.8.2, code compiled against
-   * headers from GLib < 2.8.2 use backward-compatible functions that
-   * still take system codepage. Only code compiled against headers
-   * from GLib >= 2.8.2 use the g_spawn versions (that actually are
-   * called g_spawn*_utf8()) that take UTF-8.
-   */
-  if (interp)
-    {
-      args[argc++] = g_locale_from_utf8 (interp, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-      if (args[argc-1] == NULL)
-	g_error ("Interpreter %s is a file name with characters not in the system codepage. That doesn't work when GIMP is built against GLib 2.8.1 or earlier.", interp);
-    }
-#else
   if (interp)
     args[argc++] = interp;
-#endif
 
   if (interp_arg)
     args[argc++] = interp_arg;
 
-#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 8, 2)
-  args[argc++] = g_locale_from_utf8 (plug_in->prog, -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-  if (args[argc-1] == NULL)
-    g_error ("Plug-in %s is a file name with characters not in the system codepage. That doesn't work when GIMP is built against GLib 2.8.1 or earlier.", plug_in->prog);
-#else
   args[argc++] = plug_in->prog;
-#endif
   args[argc++] = "-gimp";
   args[argc++] = read_fd;
   args[argc++] = write_fd;
@@ -543,18 +518,6 @@ cleanup:
   g_free (read_fd);
   g_free (write_fd);
   g_free (stm);
-
-#if defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION (2, 8, 2)
-  argc = 0;
-  if (interp)
-    g_free (args[argc++]);
-
-  if (interp_arg)
-    argc++;
-
-  g_free (args[argc++]);
-#endif
-
   g_free (interp);
   g_free (interp_arg);
 
diff --git a/app/sanity.c b/app/sanity.c
index 0f20d225fb..f2c9307818 100644
--- a/app/sanity.c
+++ b/app/sanity.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ sanity_check_glib (void)
 
 #define GLIB_REQUIRED_MAJOR 2
 #define GLIB_REQUIRED_MINOR 8
-#define GLIB_REQUIRED_MICRO 0
+#define GLIB_REQUIRED_MICRO 2
 
   mismatch = glib_check_version (GLIB_REQUIRED_MAJOR,
                                  GLIB_REQUIRED_MINOR,
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4937d3c819..631621d123 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ m4_define([gimp_stable],
 m4_define([gimp_full_name], [GNU Image Manipulation Program])
 
 # required versions of other packages
-m4_define([glib_required_version], [2.8.0])
+m4_define([glib_required_version], [2.8.2])
 m4_define([gtk_required_version], [2.8.0])
 m4_define([gdk_pixbuf_required_version], [gtk_required_version])
 m4_define([pangoft2_required_version], [1.10.0])