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-The GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.2
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+                   ------------------------------ 
+                   GNU Image Manipulation Program
+                        Development Branch
+                   ------------------------------
 
-This is the stable branch of GIMP 2.2. Only bug-fixes are applied
-here. New features are being added in the HEAD branch that will lead
-to GIMP version 2.4.
-
-
-Bugs fixed in GIMP 2.2.1
-========================
-
-- added python logo to EXTRA_DIST so it shows up in the tarball (bug #161716)
-- fixed mempory corruption in FracalExplorer plug-in (bug #161729)
-- fixed crash in gradient editor (bug #161411)
-- fixed crash in unsharp mask plug-in preview code (bug #157910)
-- fixed bug in unsharp mask plug-in that caused artefacts when a large blur
-  radius was being used on a small drawable; minor optimizations
-- removed broken asc2img Script-Fu
-- fixed channel drag-n-drop (bug #161877)
-- fixed misbehaviour of entries in Scale and Resize dialogs (bug #161756)
-- speed up preview in several plug-ins
-- fixed bug in Despeckle plug-in that caused it to run very slowly
-  (bug #162129)
-- fixed a crash in the error dialog (bug #162147)
-- fixed parameter value range in Weave script (bug #162182)
-- fixed crash in brush preview (bug #162232)
-- minor improvements to the API docs
+This is the development branch of The GIMP. Here's where all the shiny
+new stuff is being done that will one day be released as GIMP 2.4.