Sometimes good things take a little longer. Version 2.4 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program is finally out. Please check the release notes for details.
Now we are going to celebrate the release. And when things have settled a bit, we will discuss the roadmap for 2.6. All I can tell so far is that GIMP 2.6 is going to rock. And that it will definitely not take as long as it took to finish 2.4.