February 2017 - Inkscape Announcements

[Inkscape] Inkscape 0.92.1 now available
by Bryce Harrington 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

The Inkscape project announces an update to its 0.92.0 release, bringing important bug and regression fixes, updated translations, and improved documentation. Download 0.92.1 packages from: https://inkscape.org/en/download/ Inkscape 0.92.1 is a stability and bugfix release. Below lists the main changes. For a more complete list, see: https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.92.1 == Regression fixes == * Text: baseline-spacing related issues with regular and flowed text in legacy Inkscape SVG files (Bug #1655483 and others). * Text: Default baseline spacing stored in relative units is always converted to document units (Bug #1645016) * Path effects: Crash on ungroup if group contains elements with path effects (Bug #1657591) * Clipboard: Pasting a path effect from clipboard fails (Bug #1656093) * Clipboard: Fix copy&pasting of groups which contain elements with path effects (Bug #1656527) * Selection: Node tool can selected objects on locked layers (Bug #1656141) * Clones: Critical warnings with clones and symbols (Bug #1653184) * About screen missing for several UI languages (Bug #1659426) * Selection: Missing transformation handles after reset of rotation center (Bug #1657874) == Important bugfixes == * Bitmap images: Crash when opening files with invalid image links (Bug #1660142) * Bitmap images: Fix path separators in relative image links (Windows) (Bug #1659347) * File import: Failure to open CDR/Visio/WPG files from paths with special characters (Windows) (Bug #1656763) == Translations == * Catalan: Tutorial translation ("Basic") added * Czech: UI translation updated * English (GB): UI translation updated * French: UI translation updated * French: Man page, Readme and Keys & mouse reference updated * German: Man page and Keys & mouse reference updated * Icelandic: UI translation updated * Italian: UI translation updated * Latvian: UI translation updated * Russian: Tutorial translation ("Tracing Pixel Art") added * Russian: UI translation updated * Spanish: UI translation updated * Slovak: Tutorial translation ("Tracing Pixel Art") added * Slovak: UI translation updated * Ukrainian: UI translation updated == Documentation == * Shortcuts: Add shortcut '7' for cycling through path effect parameters in node tool (Bug #1656713) * Shortcuts: Add new Shift+I shortcut to keys and mouse reference (Bug #1644609) * Man page: Add new --no-convert-text-baseline-spacing command line option (Bug #1661811) == Known issues == * DPI Change: Dialog needs better explanation of available options (Bug #1659229) * DPI Change: Provide command line options for batch-processing legacy files (Bug #1659489) * DPI Change: known issues with 'Scale elements' option (Bugs 1653230, 1653230, 1653236, 1654342, 1654796, 1654880, 1654903, 1655005, 1655053, 1660228) * DPI Change: Default grids in documents created with Inkscape 0.91 don't scale correctly (Bug #1653893) * Renderer: Artifacts in Gaussian blur effects with default quality settings (Bug #1656383) * Node editor: Deselecting selected nodes of complex paths takes a long time (Bug #1652100) * Fill and Stroke: HSL color selector may show corrupted colors, defunct 5th slider (Bug #1635982) == Help Support Inkscape == We are already at work both on another bugfix update (0.92.2) targeted in a few months and a future development release (0.93) with more fundamental changes to the codebase. If you wish to track either of these developments, you can learn more at: https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions/ The Inkscape Project thrives due to your support. We are a volunteer-driven community built from thousands of contributions of time, skill, and funds, to create a powerful open source tool that is made available for free to everyone in the world. We invite you to join our community and participate in helping advance Inkscape towards new objectives. Come help us chart out the new directions that Inkscape needs to take! Inkscape is created *by* the community *for* the community. Your donations also help further Inkscape's mission. You can donate to Inkscape's general fund, or target your donation to support our SVG Standards work or Hackfests. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/community/ Become a donor at: https://inkscape.org/support-us/ Download Inkscape at: https://inkscape.org/download/ Watch our showcase at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI1hxXt9U4c --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Inkscape] [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.92.1pre2 (release candidate) now available
by Bryce Harrington 11 Feb '17

11 Feb '17

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 05:00:16PM -0700, brynn wrote: > I wonder if all the references to "I" should be "we" or > "developers"? Unless this is going to either be a signed letter or > have a by-line? Sure, if everyone thinks it's an acceptable plan then that definitely sounds like a better way to phrase it. Bryce > All best, > brynn > > -----Original Message----- From: Martin Owens > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 4:56 PM > To: Bryce Harrington ; inkscape-devel@...6... > Cc: inkscape-user@...6... ; inkscape-announce@...6... > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape 0.92.1pre2 (release > candidate) now available > > Hi Bryce, > > I've pasted your text into news as a first draft. I'd like to get this > message put together for our users and also broadcast it to a wider > area to attract new developers now we have a stronger direction. > > Can you (and others) please review so we can make this a strong > message: > https://inkscape.org/en/news/unpublished/805/ > > Thanks everyone. > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > > On Wed, 2017-02-08 at 14:33 -0800, Bryce Harrington wrote: > >This is a pre-release for the upcoming stable bugfix release 0.92.1. > >Download it at: > > > > https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions > > > >The release is: > > > > 0.92.1pre2 Source Tarball Bzip > > https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/10661/inkscape-0.92.1pre2.ta > >r.bz2 > > > >We are now in final freeze prior to release. Barring any last minute > >issues, 0.92.1 will be identical to the above tarball except for the > >version number. We'll let things settle for a few days and hopefully > >finalize the release this weekend. > > > > > >== Translations == > > > >Translation work is done. Please hold off on further updates until > >we're ready to start work on 0.92.2. > > > > > >== Future Releases == > > > >0.92.2-targeted bugfixing work can begin on the 0.92.x branch once > >the 0.92.1 tarball's been cut, probably this weekend. A schedule > >will > >be established at that time as well, targeting a 0.92.2 release in > >April. > > > >A 0.92.3 release sometime around July seems likely. I'm hoping to > >continue with subsequent point releases on a roughly 2-3 month > >interval, > >so users can depend on the 0.92 series as a 'long term stable' (LTS) > >product. > > > >Work towards 0.93 is already underway in Inkscape's trunk repository. > >In order to modernize Inkscape for ongoing maintenance, there are > >several large transitions we need to undertake, including a move to > >Gtk3, re-engineering the Mac OS X installation packaging, > >introduction > >of C++-11 code constructs, dropping of our legacy automake build > >system, > >migration of the project to git, and more. We had elected to hold > >off > >on these transitions for 0.92 so that release could focus on long > >term > >stability first and foremost, with 0.93's focus being on taking the > >more > >aggressive steps to move Inkscape forward. > > > >I am hoping a 0.93 release can be achieved within the calendar year, > >though much work remains. Assistance with testing is invaluable and > >I > >hope many people will join in following the trunk codebase; however, > >I > >know that building Inkscape can be a challenge, and we lack nightly > >builds on a few platforms, so I may attempt some form of interim > >snapshot preview release this summer to enable some broader testing > >before we're too far through 0.93's development cycle. > > > >Bryce > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >----------- > >Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > >engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > >_______________________________________________ > >Inkscape-devel mailing list > >Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel

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[Inkscape] Inkscape 0.92.1pre2 (release candidate) now available
by Bryce Harrington 08 Feb '17

08 Feb '17

This is a pre-release for the upcoming stable bugfix release 0.92.1. Download it at: https://inkscape.org/en/download/development-versions The release is: 0.92.1pre2 Source Tarball Bzip https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/item/10661/inkscape-0.92.1pre2.tar.bz2 We are now in final freeze prior to release. Barring any last minute issues, 0.92.1 will be identical to the above tarball except for the version number. We'll let things settle for a few days and hopefully finalize the release this weekend. == Translations == Translation work is done. Please hold off on further updates until we're ready to start work on 0.92.2. == Future Releases == 0.92.2-targeted bugfixing work can begin on the 0.92.x branch once the 0.92.1 tarball's been cut, probably this weekend. A schedule will be established at that time as well, targeting a 0.92.2 release in April. A 0.92.3 release sometime around July seems likely. I'm hoping to continue with subsequent point releases on a roughly 2-3 month interval, so users can depend on the 0.92 series as a 'long term stable' (LTS) product. Work towards 0.93 is already underway in Inkscape's trunk repository. In order to modernize Inkscape for ongoing maintenance, there are several large transitions we need to undertake, including a move to Gtk3, re-engineering the Mac OS X installation packaging, introduction of C++-11 code constructs, dropping of our legacy automake build system, migration of the project to git, and more. We had elected to hold off on these transitions for 0.92 so that release could focus on long term stability first and foremost, with 0.93's focus being on taking the more aggressive steps to move Inkscape forward. I am hoping a 0.93 release can be achieved within the calendar year, though much work remains. Assistance with testing is invaluable and I hope many people will join in following the trunk codebase; however, I know that building Inkscape can be a challenge, and we lack nightly builds on a few platforms, so I may attempt some form of interim snapshot preview release this summer to enable some broader testing before we're too far through 0.93's development cycle. Bryce

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