Status of inkboard feature
by Denis Leroy
What is the status of the inkboard feature ? Is it considered stable ?
More importantly, is it considered safe (from a security standpoint) ?
We had requests in Fedora to have the feature enabled and so am doing
some testing on my side. It was originally turned off because it was
pretty unstable and would often crash in the loudmouth library, but that
was a while ago...
thx!
-denis
16 years, 1 month
0.44 development status
by Bryce Harrington
Hi all,
I've compiled the status for the 0.44 development checklist. I'm sure
this is already out of date, so please email me updates and I'll update
next weekend.
Luckily, most everything people are working on sound like they could be
wrapped up by the end of the month, however the quantity of things going
on suggests that at least some efforts may require longer. Thus, I
would like to propose the following schedule for getting to Feature
Freeze mode:
Now - Development continues on the ~24 items identified
For non-0.44 feature work, please use branches
May 1st - Achieve completion of at least 50% of the items.
Work continues on the remaining 12.
Work ceases on any other features.
Notification to translators
Begin focusing on bugfixes.
Identify preliminary "must-fix" buglist
May 15th - Feature Freeze
All feature development work ends
Finalize the "must-fix" buglist
Issue pre-release packages for testing
Focus on bug fixes, translations, & docs
TBD - Hard Freeze
Translation work finishes
Final resolution on all "must-fix" bugs
Issue one or more release candidates
TBD - 0.44 Release
How does this plan sound? Has anything been missed?
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Inkscape 0.44 Development Checklist
ICC Preview
===========
Jon Cruz is working on this. Plans to have feature to a finished point
for the release.
* Update Release Notes
CMYK support
============
Jon Cruz is working on this. Plans to have feature to a finished point
for the release.
* Update Release Notes
ArtLibre named icon and cursor loading
======================================
Jon Cruz is working on this. Plans to have feature to a finished point
for the release.
* Update Release Notes
Palette editing and per-file color sets
=======================================
Jon Cruz is working on this. Plans to have feature to a finished point
for the release.
* Update Release Notes
Tablet Bugs
===========
MentalGuy is working on this. Says for the release he wants to get
these resolved.
Brush size adjustment on zoom toggle for calligraphic pen
=========================================================
MentalGuy is working on this and plans to have it to a finished point
for the release.
Layer dialog
============
This is an important feature for the release, and on MentalGuy's todo
list. However, work has been stuck getting Inkscape::LayerManager to
compile due to a subtle detail with sigc::mem_fun(), and it's uncertain
if there is sufficient time to unstick it and finish the feature prior
to the release. Additional people's help may be needed here.
[Beyond the memory issue, are there other aspects to the layer dialog
that others could help with, such as UI work or coding helper features
or whatever? --bh]
* Update Release Notes
Fit Canvas to Selection
=======================
This is a feature ACSpike has been working on, and plans to complete for
the release. The patch is here:
http://www.ekips.org/comp/inkscape/inx/current.diff
ODG Format Support
==================
Ishmal is working on this currently. It basically works and is 90%
done; the one issue at the moment that needs to be fixed for the release
is that image rotations are backwards. [I think this might be fixed
now. -- bh]
DOM Support
===========
Ishmal has been working on this. The newest code is all imported and
builds. [Is there anything else needing to be done prior to release?]
SIOX Support
============
Ishmal has this over half done. The code is all imported and building,
and the selection mechanism is about done. Getting Inkscape and SIOX
intercommunication working, but this can be built as a filter to
potrace, which simplifies things. There are some transformation issues
that need to be sorted out.
Extensions
==========
Ted is focusing on cleaning up extension parameters and felt he'd have
this wrapped up by the end of the month. The plan is to have longer
text (tool tips) available, and a few more widgets. More spacing in the
autogui will be added to make it look nicer.
* Ted reports there is an unverified bug in the ordering of the
effects in the menu, to be investigated.
The Extension Editor is further off, and not being planned for this
release.
Snapping
========
!!! More info needed - Carl and Mathieu (and maybe Ralf?) !!!
* Need to fix the freeze when dragging multiple selected objects:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1429049&group_id...
* Update Release Notes
Rendering Performance Speedup
=============================
Andrius has a very interesting rendering speedup patch. The feature is
complete and accepted for the release. There is one known issue to
address with scrolling, but Andrius feels this can be fixed.
* Additional testing needs to be performed
Screenshots
===========
Scislac has taken this task on, and plans to have it done for the
release.
Two screenshots are done currently, and one more is in the works. There
will be a call for more screenshots on the Deviant Art site.
Tutorials
=========
Calligraphy is mostly done, and a few of the other updates to the other
tutorials have been drafted but that stuff definitely needs more work.
Should be possible to have them done by the end of April.
Calligraphic interface tweak
============================
Bulia is working on this change requested by MentalGuy, and feels they
are minor and should have no trouble completing for the release.
Windows font handling bugfixes (DONE)
==============================
Richard (cyreve) has completed these bug fixes and updated the release notes.
* Update ReleaseNotes
Python Extensions on Windows
============================
!!! No owner has been identified for this task !!!
Bulia reports that extensions that rely on PyXML still do not work on
Windows. Due to the number of python extensions, this would be a major
missing feature for Windows users.
Text/Fonts UI
=============
deadchip (aka Milosz Derezynski <internalerror at gmail dot com>) has
written a font lister Gtkmm class, to enable re-use of the font list.
He is planning to write a font picker dialog, and rewrite the current
font picker to use the font _listing_ class. This enables using normal
Gtk components (ListStore, etc.) for accessing the font info. He plans
to have this work done by May 1st, or May 15th at the latest.
Windows "dialogs on top" Patch for GTK
======================================
!!! No owner has been identified for this task !!!
This is not exactly an Inkscape-specific problem, since the code changes
wouldn't be to Inkscape, but it would be nice to have it finally fixed.
This 0.44 release effort may be a good vehicle to tie it to, but we
won't hold up the release if it doesn't get done. Scislac had contacted
the author previously.
* Send a reminder email to the author to find status on this
Undo/Redo Dialog
================
!!! No owner has been identified for this task !!!
We have a patch for this, but the author has not been reachable. Also
needed is undo annotations.
* Unless the author or another developer takes ownership of this
patch within a week or so, perhaps the wise thing to do would be to
incorporate it right after the release, to give maximum debugging
time for 0.55.
New File Chooser in Export
==========================
We have a patch for this, but there were some thoughts of embedding it
in the export dialog directly. In the spirit of "patch first, discuss
later", the best approach may be to stick in the current patch for 0.44,
see what folks think, and do the embedding later.
Additional Release Tasks
========================
The following tasks will need to be done for the release, but are not
required to be done prior to the Feature Freeze:
* Identify the list of must-fix bugs. To keep the freeze phase from
dragging out, we will need to be very choosy in what we allow to be
must-fix bugs.
* Set up a ReleaseChecklist wiki page or similar to keep track of The
List.
* Designate 2 release maintainers.
* Keep and update the above list and encourage people to achieve
completion of the items.
* Notify translators to complete translation work
* Wiki updates
+ Update Roadmap
+ Review/Update FAQ
+ Update InkscapeFeatures
* PR / marketing efforts
+ Plan efforts
+ Draft press release
+ Finalize press release
+ Send out press release [rejon]
* Packaging
Bryce
16 years, 4 months
save as AUTOCAD (dxf): Unknown error attempting to open temporary file
by unknown＠example.com
Hello list,
I am using Inkscape Version 0.41 on Suse 9.3 and I would like to expot DXF
format which does not work.
What I have done so far:
1. downloaded svg2dxf.zip from http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~squiresm/
2. unpacked the zip file and copied the files ps2dxf.sh and dxf_output.inx
to /opt/gnome/share/inkscape/extensions
3. made the file ps2dxf.sh executeable
4. Then I start Inkscape from a Shell
5. right afte the start, I check the extensions-errors.log which has no
messages
6. I place some straight lines and save them as .svg which works
7. I try "save as AUTOCAD (dxf)": Inkscape says "file saved" but
8. I get the following message in the shell:
Extension::Script: Unknown error attempting to open temporary file
: invalid or incomplete Multi-Byte- or Wide-Sign
[translation from German:
: Ungültiges oder unvollständiges Multi-Byte- oder Wide-Zeichen]
No file has been saved.
Any Idea, what has gone wrong here?
Thanks for help
Rai
16 years, 5 months
Quad PPC from IBM
by Kees Cook
IBM donated a quad-proc PPC for Inkscape testing. I've finally overcome
the weird console problems it was having, and got Ubuntu Dapper
installed on it. Bryce and I are going to get Crucible running on it
shortly, but until then (and after), anyone who's interested in getting
an account on it, please email me your SSH pub key and desired account
name.
Doing "make -j6" it took about 3min40sec to do a full recompile. :)
--
Kees Cook @outflux.net
16 years, 5 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] inkscape and SVG Tiny
by Jon A. Cruz
On Sep 30, 2006, at 3:38 AM, Andy Fitzsimon wrote:
>
> The toolbar should be vertically collapsible with a ^ button leading
> to other options
> also, the commands bar should also horizontally collapse with >
> leading to other options...
We'll mainly need some widget to wrap a spinbutton in a menuitem.
Then we can finish a transition to stock GTK menubars and get exactly
that functionality.
16 years, 5 months
better patch for mask loose
by Popolon
The patch attached I just attached in bug #1562520 corrects it and
corrects bug #1561034 too in a better way.
it also free a string that was not freed in the bug #1561034 patched
function that lead me to wrong patch.
<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=604306&aid=1562520&grou...>
There are nothing in guide line about comment and cast.
I do a cast (gchar *) for a temporary 'gchar *' from a 'const gchar *'
given by attribute() function.
And about comment : in src/path-chemistery.cpp there are C style single
line comments:
/* foo bar */
but in src/splivarot.cpp there are c++ comments:
// foo bar
and some time not spaced text and c++ style comments
//foo bar
Is there no project to add something about that in coding style guide?
16 years, 5 months
a little more on the blur crash
by Jon A. Cruz
I managed to track down more on that crash problem.
down in desktop-style.cpp, things seem to have some issues right
after this:
SPGaussianBlur * b = new SPGaussianBlur();
I added this, and see a warning.
if ( !SP_IS_GAUSSIANBLUR(b) ) {
g_warning("problem with gaussian blur object");
}
I'd sprinkled some of those debug messages starting at the point
where I'd seen the lockups on OS X, and then moved things back until
I'd gotten there. So I think the new call there is not getting all
needed items setup. Given the "TODO" comment right above that, I
think this is the right point to change things.
I'm not familiar with the filter code enough, and the other object
creation that doesn't use new has a bit more context for creating
things. So I think I'm at the point where I've done what I can tonight.
16 years, 5 months
