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[Inkscape] Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release
by Bryce Harrington 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release of Inkscape 0.41, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today. The primary focus of 0.41 has been bug fixing. With over 100 bugs fixed since the 0.40 release, this significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and for international users. We owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes. Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports. A couple new features also found their way in. First, the black and white tracing functionality introduced in 0.40 has been improved to also allow conversion of color and grayscale images. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements. User requests and comments also stimulated a number of improvements to units handling, extensions, the Invert Selection command, layers selector, icon theming, and several new translations. A number of large scale changes are planned for the 0.42 release, including converting the interface to use Gtkmm and the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM), which will provide the core to build scripting onto. This should keep us busy for a while! If you'd like to join in the work, please drop by. Inkscape. Draw Freely. Download Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX packages: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 For many more details, see the Release Notes for 0.41: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes041 Community submitted screenshots: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/

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[Inkscape] Announcing Inkscape 0.40 Release
by Bryce Harrington 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

= Inkscape 0.40 = 'Draw Freely' http://www.inkscape.org/ The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release 0.40 of Inkscape, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool." This release includes three majorly requested new capabilities: Layers, Text-on-Path, and Bitmap tracing. In addition, there are many minor features, a number of usability enhancements, three new tutorials, and hundreds of bug fixes. This is by far the most feature-packed release the project has had. This is all due to the strong developers that have contributed countless hours on Inkscape 0.40. Following our last release four months ago, we have focused intensively on development, adding several new dependencies such as the Boehm garbage collector and the stable Gtk 2.4 libraries. Because of this, user's may encounter more trouble getting Inkscape installed on some platforms than in previous releases. To help those who run into this issue, we're also providing 'Static Binary' packages that include these new libraries inside the package, and thus, the static releases are very large. Download your packages: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 For many more details, see the Release Notes for 0.40: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes040 Community submitted screenshots: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/

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[Inkscape] Inkscape 0.39
by Ted Gould 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

= Inkscape 0.39 = We are pleased to announce the Inkscape 0.39 release. The most important change in this release is the switch to the Pango library for font handling and Unicode support; a lot of work also went into new SVG features, export/import, UI, and usability. Here are the highlights: * Pango: smoother text display, auto kerning, better i18n (automatic font substitution, right-to-left text, bi-directional text), less platform dependence * New SVG features: markers (aka arrowheads), clones (svg:use), pattern tiles, RDF metadata; many SVG compliance bugfixes * New dialogs: Preferences, Find, Metadata * New and improved import/export file formats: PS, EPS, AI, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, Sketch, Dia, and more * Pure convenience: usable dropper, scale switches, Commands bar, more tool controls (including rounded stars), more import formats, more paper sizes, Revert command, edit inside group, better selection cues, spell checking, window layout configurable, streamlined Fill & Stroke, snapping improvements, better rounded corners in rects, path reversing, persistent rotation crosshair, per-object export hints, and much more * Internals: speedups, more C++ification, garbage collection, SigC++ signals, wider use of new data structures, extensive cleanup * Plus: new documentation, new translations, lots of assorted bugfixes (the infamous "freeze when dragging outside of window" bug on Windows is gone!) The team has placed a great deal of scrutiny into fixing bugs, and while this was not a primary focus as it had been for 0.38.1, we expect this release will be at least as stable as the last. Many thanks go out to all of the users that took the time to write bug reports, you make Inkscape better. For tons more details, see the Release Notes for 0.39: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes039 Screenshots: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/ Download your packages (Linux, Windows, Mac OSX): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

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[Inkscape] Article on Inkscape
by Bryce Harrington 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

Just now posted... http://osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7241 Bryce

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[Inkscape] Announcing Inkscape 0.38 Release
by Bryce Harrington 12 Apr '04

12 Apr '04

= Inkscape 0.38 = The focus of this release has been our Bug Hunt. Of the 57 open bug reports at the time of our last release, only 12 remain; of the 107 bugs submitted during this bughunt, all but 17 are now closed; the ratio of open to total bugs went down from 33% to 10%. Of the 285 bugs reported since the inception of the project, fewer than 30 remain. In total, over 135 bug reports were closed during the Bug Hunt. Countless other bugs were discovered by the developers and exterminated on the spot without ever going into the tracker. We are especially appreciative of the many users who have helped us identify the various bugs and verify the solutions. Aside from bugfixes, a good deal of new features and usability enhancements went into this release: * Text and fonts: full kerning and spacing support, better installed font detection, better alternate font matching, better usability * Path operations: new commands to cut paths, less distortions, better usability * Gradients: full support for multi-stop gradients, bugfixes * Shape tools: polygons, dramatically better usability with the top panel, bugfixes * Libinkjar: a library for compound document support of packaged SVG and PNG files * Pure usability: canvas autoscrolling, accelerated scrolling, inversion for visibility, more intuitive cut-and-paste, per-object selection indication, save dialog, new icons * Paraphernalia: new and expanded tutorials, clipart, translation updates For more details, see the Release Notes for 0.38: http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes038 Screenshots: http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php Download your packages (Linux and Windows): http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

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[Inkscape] Inkscape Project Stats - April 4, 2004
by Bryce Harrington 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Project Status Sunday, April 4, 2004 We've achieved the goal set forth for the 0.38 release. The ratio of open-to-closed bug reports has been reduced from 33% to our goal of 10%, representing over 160 bugs closed during the 0.38 development cycle. Of the total of 285 bugs registered against Inkscape since the project's inception, fewer than 30 remain. We're ready at this point to make the release, but want to do some final QA, doublecheck that the contributed translation work is incorporated, and see about getting a couple critical Windows bugs patched. Looking forward, we've greatly revised our roadmap, stretching it out as far as the 0.51 release. Note that our roadmap is a reflection of what developers anticipate needing/wanting to work on, rather than a cast-in-stone set of orders, and is expected to change as we learn more and as new developers with new interests get involved. For this next release, we'd previously identified Extensions as the focus, however we're not as far along in terms of design as we need to be, so instead have pushed that back a couple releases, and will be focusing on adopting first Pango in 0.39, then GtkMM in 0.40. The Pango adoption is expected to solve a wide number of rather deep bugs and fundamental limitations in the text system, while the GtkMM change has been long anticipated for helping us get the GUI code in better, more maintainable order. Statistics Nov 15 Dec 15 Jan 15 Feb 15 Mar 15 Apr 1 ========== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Lifetime Rank on SourceForge: 4391 2452 1928 1599 * 1348 (68.5%) (82.4%) (86.1%) (88.6%) * (90.4%) Max Week's Rank on SourceForge: 62 27 321 70 90 73 (99.6%) (99.8%) (97.5%) (99.5%) * (99.6%) Total SF Page Views * 86,000 126,500 200,000 * 306,000 Total SF Downloads * 3640 5,735 10,000 * 15,500 Total Freshmeat URL Hits 746 2237 2,958 3,437 4,670 5,054 Total Freshmeat Subscriptions 16 28 33 35 50 54 Lines of Code in src/: 115,901 132,134 166,914 167,386 177,286 185,126 Code lines 100,549 133,150 131,540 138,457 144,628 Comment line 11,591 12,468 12,995 15,584 16,137 Blank 20,559 21,929 23,513 24,061 25,266 Lines of Docs in doc/: 1,135 2,225 3,000 4,500 4,434 4,875 Lines of content in website: 1,173 2,090 2,885 4,300 5,087 5,168 Size of the Inkscape wiki: 3,700 7,385 11,284 13,114 14,840 14,819 Minutes since last ChangeLog mod: 360 1260 6 2 0 7 Bugs open/total: 9/15 67/111 74/160 53/178 43/244 30/286 Features open/total: 18/18 40/45 104/120 120/137 151/184 165/202 Patches open/total: 1/ 6 6/25 4/32 2/ 35 6/ 45 8/ 56 CVS Commits (as per inkscape-cvs): 481 * * 2796 3070 3,391 Inkscape-devel membership: 49 64 64 63 75 77 Inkscape-announce membership: 9 16 22 26 35 39 Inkscape-user membership: 0 21 38 50 * - Statistics unavailable

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[Inkscape] Announcing Inkscape 0.37 Release
by Bryce Harrington 16 Feb '04

16 Feb '04

A new version of Inkscape is now available for use. Inkscape 0.37 includes many major new features, numerous bug fixes, and extensive codebase cleanup. Briefly ======= * New functionality: boolean operations on paths, dynamic and linked offsets, path outlining, standalone SVG viewer, drag-and-drop, letter-spacing. * More convenient editing: top panel, new color widget, 256x zoom, snapped rotation with Ctrl everywhere, selecting within groups, lots of new shortcuts, and more. * Interface and usability: saving view with the document, zoom history, fullscreen, hide/show all open dialogs, smarter export dialog, helpful statusbar, and much more. * Inkscape internals: built with C++, brand new classes for points, rects, matrices, and URIs, massive cleanups. * Last but not least: tutorial for new users, keys and mouse reference, Inkscape User mailing list, hassle-free Windows builds. More Detailed Info ================== Release Notes http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes037 Screenshots http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/index.php Download From ============= http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438 RPM, Debian, Windows, and source versions are available. Please visit http://www.inkscape.org to learn more, join our User Mailing List, chat with the developers, and submit your ideas for making Inkscape the leading SVG-compliant vector graphics tool.

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[Inkscape] "inkscape-user@" mailing list
by Bryce Harrington 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

A new mailing list, inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net is now available. The purpose of this list is to serve as a place for users to share tips and tricks and help each other learn how to make effective use of the tool. You can subscribe here: http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/inkscape-user Bryce

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[Inkscape] Status for 2004-01-15
by Bryce Harrington 16 Jan '04

16 Jan '04

Thursday, January 15, 2004 Statistics Nov 15 Nov 29 Dec 15 Dec 31 Jan 15 ========== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Lifetime Rank on SourceForge: 4391 3676 2452 2444 1928 (68.5%) (73.6%) (82.4%) (82.5%) (86.1%) Max Week's Rank on SourceForge: 62 37 27 22 321 (99.6%) (99.8%) (99.8%) (99.9%) (97.5%) Total SF Page Views * 50,000 86,000 107,600 126,512 Total SF Downloads * 1700 3640 4,751 5,735 Total Freshmeat URL Hits 746 1121 2237 2567 2,958 Total Freshmeat Subscriptions 16 19 28 30 33 Lines of Code in src/: 115,901 116,970 132,134 165,664 166,914 Code lines 100,549 132,458 133,150 Comment line 11,591 12,234 12,468 Blank 20,559 21.540 21,929 Lines of Docs in doc/: 1,135 2,100 2,225 2,615 3,068 Lines of content in website: 1,173 1,624 2,090 2,261 2,885 Size of the Inkscape wiki: 3,700 5,737 7,385 11,062 11,284 Hours since last ChangeLog mod: 6 2 21 0.8 0.1 Bugs open/total: 9/15 40/51 67/111 66/130 74/160 Features open/total: 18/18 23/24 40/45 103/115 104/120 Patches open/total: 1/ 6 5/20 6/25 4/32 4/32 CVS Commits (as per inkscape-cvs): 481 963 * 1580 * Inkscape-devel membership: 49 61 64 65 64 Inkscape-announce membership: 9 14 16 20 22 * - Statistics unavailable

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[Inkscape] Inkscape Status 2003-12-31
by Bryce Harrington 01 Jan '04

01 Jan '04

Project Status Wednesday, December 31, 2003 The past couple weeks have seen work in a variety of areas. Ctrl-click selection within groups, including multiple and nested groups has been implemented. The new inset/outset capability is receiving a lot of testing attention. The Win32 build of Inkscape has also been a focus of development efforts over the past couple weeks, and it's expected that 0.37 will see much improvement in this area. A few issues have arisen and been resolved. The issue of handling comments in SVG documents was brought up by a Sodipodi user; comments are not always preserved when editing in Sodipodi or Inkscape. Fortunately, some good ideas have been voiced for addressing this. A second and much more critical issue has been raised regarding Gtkmm. As planned since early in the project, we began incorporating Gtkmm into Inkscape following the 0.36 release. Quickly it became evident that this introduced severe dependency issues. Gtkmm 2.x is not available commonly on most Linux distros. On Windows it adds to the DLL download weight. Most distressingly, it isn't yet ported to OSX. Due to these reasons we've decided the best course of action is to postpone use of Gtkmm until the library is more widely available. Statistics Nov 02 Nov 15 Nov 29 Dec 15 Dec 31 ========== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== Lifetime Rank on SourceForge: 6103 4391 3676 2452 2444 (56.2%) (68.5%) (73.6%) (82.4%) (82.5%) Max Week's Rank on SourceForge: 6023 62 37 27 22 (56.8%) (99.6%) (99.8%) (99.8%) (99.9%) Total SF Page Views 200 * 50,000 86,000 107,600 Total SF Downloads 0 * 1700 3640 4,751 Total Freshmeat URL Hits 0 746 1121 2237 2567 Total Freshmeat Subscriptions 0 16 19 28 30 Lines of Code in src/: 115,754 115,901 116,970 132,134 165,664 Code lines 100,549 132,458 Comment line 11,591 12,234 Blank 20,559 21.540 Lines of Docs in doc/: 1,135 1,135 2,100 2,225 2,615 Lines of content in website: 74 1,173 1,624 2,090 2,261 Size of the Inkscape wiki: 0 3,700 5,737 7,385 11,062 Hours since last ChangeLog mod: 90 6 2 21 0.8 Bugs open/total: 0/0 9/15 40/51 67/111 66/130 Features open/total: 0/0 18/18 23/24 40/45 103/115 Patches open/total: 0/0 1/ 6 5/20 6/25 4/32 CVS Commits (as per inkscape-cvs): 148 481 963 * 1580 Inkscape-devel membership: 4 49 61 64 65 Inkscape-announce membership: 0 9 14 16 20 * - Statistics unavailable

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