Hi all,
I’ve wrote a small script to automate the compilation process of the gimp 2.7.x in it’s latest development version, from it’s git repository. This script have been tested under Ubuntu 11.x, but it should suit to any linux distribution satisfying natively the gimp’s build requirements.
More here:
http://blog.zanshine.com/2011/10/cutting-edge-gimp-in-latest-ubuntu.html