we usually just keep -devel sticvking around once the gimp devel package gets up to snuff. so when 2.7.x becomes usable gimp-devel will cover that while gimp stays at the 2.6 level. -Tobias On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, stefan-husmann@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hello, > > why are there two packages gimp and gimp-devel with exactly the same > version number? Would one not be enough? > > Regards Stefan > >