Comment 16 for bug 98851

I don't know if this is the same bug.
But it sounds similar.
Distro: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. Up to date on patches.
open "memory" in Applications -> other.
put in a digital camera compact FLASH card or memory stick containing jpegs.
Double click on the icon, to get up the file manager, highlight all images and "open with ->" gimp.
Once all images are open, watch the memory monitor as the memory slowly diminishes.
Eventually even swap gets eaten up and OOM killer kicks in.
Close all the images and gimp before this occurs and the memory is not released.
Looking at top shows xorg is holding on to over 1 gig of RAM. The only way to release this is to logout and log back into X.

If this IS the same bug reported in this thread, when will the fix be released?
It's over 6 months since the last message in this thread.
I've included an example pic from my camera. Rename it a few times and open them all in the way described. Watch that ram just fly away.