Bug#915693: gimp: ctrl-c ctrl-shift-v selection of areas to create new images no longer works

[lkcl]

Package: gimp
Version: 2.10.6-3
Severity: important
Tags: upstream

i use gimp regularly and consistently, several times a day: always have,
for nearly ten years, for one major task: trimming screenshots.

it's as simple as: make selection, hit ctrl-c, hit ctrl-shift-v, hit ctrl-e
and save.

done.

except, what the ****, this latest version is an absolute ****** nuisance.
hit ctrl-c, hit ctrl-shift-v, entire image is copied.  wtf??

let's try ctrl-shift-c, ctrl-shift-v, entire image is copied.

oink? what the hell is this "selection tool" dialog?? what the hell are
all these rubbish options, selecting modes??

where's the "reset to default previous behaviour" button?

let's try pressing random buttons... ctrl-c, ctrl-shift-v, entire image is
copied.

FINALLY, after several MINUTES, what used to take only a few seconds is
FINALLY achieved.

exit the program... start a new image... and the whole f*****g stupid game
has to be restarted playing "hunt the options to save an area of an image"!

after ten loyal years of using the gimp, i'm going to have to find an
alternative program.

message to upstream developers:

*stop changing the behaviour out from under the users*!


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.1
  APT prefers oldoldstable
  APT policy: (500, 'oldoldstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages gimp depends on:
ii  gimp-data            2.10.6-3
ii  libaa1               1.4p5-42
ii  libbabl-0.1-0        1:0.1.58-dmo1
ii  libbz2-1.0           1.0.6-8.1
ii  libc6                2.27-6
ii  libcairo2            1.16.0-1
ii  libfontconfig1       2.12.6-0.1
ii  libfreetype6         2.8.1-0.1
ii  libgcc1              1:8.2.0-7
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0   2.36.0-1
ii  libgegl-0.4-0        1:0.4.12-dmo1
ii  libgexiv2-2          0.10.8-1
ii  libgimp2.0           2.10.6-3
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.56.1-2
ii  libgs9               9.05~dfsg-8+b1
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.24.32-3
ii  libgudev-1.0-0       175-7.2
ii  libharfbuzz0b        1.6.2-1
ii  libheif1             1.3.2-1+b1
ii  libilmbase23         2.2.1-2
ii  libjpeg62-turbo      1:1.5.1-2
ii  liblcms2-2           2.9-3
ii  liblzma5             5.2.2-1.2
ii  libmng1              1.0.10+dfsg-3.1
ii  libmypaint-1.3-0     1:1.3.0-dmo6
ii  libopenexr23         2.2.1-4
ii  libopenjp2-7         2.3.0-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0       1.40.12-1
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0  1.40.12-1
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0    1.40.12-1
ii  libpng16-16          1.6.34-1
ii  libpoppler-glib8     0.69.0-2
ii  librsvg2-2           2.40.2-1
ii  libstdc++6           8.2.0-7
ii  libtiff5             4.0.9-6
ii  libwebp6             0.5.1-2
ii  libwebpdemux2        0.5.2-1
ii  libwebpmux3          0.6.1-2
ii  libwmf0.2-7          0.2.8.4-10.3
ii  libx11-6             2:1.6.4-3
ii  libxcursor1          1:1.1.15-1
ii  libxext6             2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii  libxfixes3           1:5.0.3-1
ii  libxmu6              2:1.1.2-1
ii  libxpm4              1:3.5.12-1
ii  xdg-utils            1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.11.dfsg-1

Versions of packages gimp recommends:
ii  ghostscript  9.05~dfsg-8+b1

Versions of packages gimp suggests:
pn  gimp-data-extras          <none>
pn  gimp-help-en | gimp-help  <none>
pn  gimp-python               <none>
pn  gvfs-backends             <none>
ii  libasound2                1.1.3-5

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