Index: general.ent
===================================================================
--- general.ent	(revision f3ebc751a15879ed32890d9c6f5250fd11302370)
+++ general.ent	(revision f6deaf77b32086fce6d4e15d858b66b50281e1a0)
@@ -318,5 +318,5 @@
 <!ENTITY pango-version                "1.10.0">
 <!ENTITY atk-version                  "1.10.3">
-<!ENTITY gtk2-version                 "2.6.7">
+<!ENTITY gtk2-version                 "2.8.3">
 <!ENTITY lesstif-version              "0.94.4">
 <!ENTITY startup-notification-version "0.8">
Index: introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision f3ebc751a15879ed32890d9c6f5250fd11302370)
+++ introduction/welcome/changelog.xml	(revision f6deaf77b32086fce6d4e15d858b66b50281e1a0)
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[randy] - Updated to GTK+-2.8.3.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[randy] - Updated to ATK-1.10.3.</para>
         </listitem>
Index: x/lib/gtk+2.xml
===================================================================
--- x/lib/gtk+2.xml	(revision f3ebc751a15879ed32890d9c6f5250fd11302370)
+++ x/lib/gtk+2.xml	(revision f6deaf77b32086fce6d4e15d858b66b50281e1a0)
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
   %general-entities;
 
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/gimp/gtk/v2.6/gtk+-&gtk2-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.6/gtk+-&gtk2-version;.tar.bz2">
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-md5sum        "b89bf892a0dee943f98b4caa12f773c8">
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-size          "11.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-buildsize     "180 MB">
-  <!ENTITY gtk2-time          "2.93 SBU (additional 13.36 SBU to rebuild the documentation)">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-download-http "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gtk+/2.8/gtk+-&gtk2-version;.tar.bz2">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk/v2.8/gtk+-&gtk2-version;.tar.bz2">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-md5sum        "1e7a49eaf078af8aeb84369a5fefa8c0">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-size          "11.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-buildsize     "190 MB">
+  <!ENTITY gtk2-time          "2.7 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -59,12 +59,20 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para>X (<xref linkend="xorg"/> or <xref linkend="xfree86"/>),
+    <para><xref linkend="cairo"/>,
     <xref linkend="pango"/>, and
     <xref linkend="atk"/></para>
 
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+    <para><xref linkend="libtiff"/> and
+    <xref linkend="libjpeg"/></para>
+
+    <para>Though not required, the GTK developers expect
+    <application>libtiff</application> and <application>libjpeg</application>
+    to be installed. Other packages also expect
+    <application>GTK+</application>-2 to be built with support for these
+    graphics packages as well.</para>
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
-    <para><xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
-    <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
-    <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, and
+    <para><xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> and
     <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/></para>
 
@@ -77,6 +85,5 @@
     the following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
-    --without-libtiff --without-libjpeg &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
@@ -96,12 +103,12 @@
     instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
 
-    <para><parameter>--without-libtiff</parameter>: Omit this switch if you
-    have <application>libtiff</application> installed.</para>
-
-    <para><parameter>--without-libjpeg</parameter>: Omit this switch if you
-    have <application>libjpeg</application> installed.</para>
-
     <para><option>--enable-gtk-doc</option>: This switch will rebuild
     the API documentation during the <command>make</command> command.</para>
+
+    <para><option>--without-libtiff</option>: Use this switch if you
+    don't have <application>libtiff</application> installed.</para>
+
+    <para><option>--without-libjpeg</option>: Use this switch if you
+    don't have <application>libjpeg</application> installed.</para>
 
   </sect2>
