October 2016 - Inkscape Devel

0.92 release status
by Bryce Harrington 22 Oct '16

22 Oct '16

Here's an update on where we are in getting the release out. 1. Windows packaging seems to be shaping up well. Packages for 0.91pre1 are posted to the website. Hopefully we'll see 0.92pre2 packages soon. OSX still appears in need of volunteers to get packaging sorted. It looks like we may be forced to omit this from our release announcement plans, but let's give it a few more days. If anyone is working on or plans to work on OSX packages, please contact me ASAP. 2. DPI Scaling bug #1389723 - We still need someone to work on this bug; there have not been new comments. *** We still need someone to adopt this issue and run it to ground. 3. Disable unstable features, bug #1589340 - I pushed the MESH option fix. suv's summarized the remaining bits needing done and this looks straightforward to get finished. 4. Fonts not shown in font manager (Win32), bug #1416674 - This is now dropped as a release blocker. It still needs added to the release notes. 5. About screen - Work is under way here; hopefully this can get taken care of quickly. 6. Release Notes - Apart from perhaps adding a few more known issues, we are probably at a point we can consider the Notes complete. This would be a good point to start translating them (or to bring existing translations up to date.) http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92 7. New snapshot. I've posted source packages for 0.92pre2; there were a few little hitches but nothing major, and nothing that looks like it would impact finalizing 0.92.0.

5 13

PreRelease News: Windows Packages
by Maren Hachmann 22 Oct '16

22 Oct '16

Hi Devs, Adib, jazzynico and Eduard, there appear to be a couple of prerelease packages to be around now for Windows :) I'd like to link one or more from the news article and from the downloads page. Will someone upload a (signed) 0.92pre2 binary to the website? It's a good chance to try the process out ;-) Adib has pre1 packages here: https://inkscape.org/en/~theAdib/galleries/inkscape-092/ - the quota has been increased to two GB, so uploading more is possible now. jazzynico/Eduard have their packages hosted at tuxfamily currently: https://download.tuxfamily.org/inkscape/win64/Inkscape-0.92pre2-x64-1.exe Regards, Maren

3 5

Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.92 release status
by C R 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

I agree with everything Bryce said. Most of that was merely time constraints. There's a lot I would change tbh, mostly tweaking and timing of things. It was a challenge to get everything in there, and a lot of the issue had to do with syncing the action with the music properly. It was a great learning experience, and the things suggested will certainly be fixed on the next version. Thanks for the input and encouragement! -C On 22 Oct 2016 2:32 am, "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...961...> wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 05:08:06AM +0100, C R wrote: > Thanks Martin! No, it was never posted, but I think it's because some > of the features were (and are still) under development and have been > disabled or excluded for this release. It was adequate to get folks > from the conference excited and downloading our trunk versions for > testing, but for a public release, I'd like to be a bit more accurate > about what's new and included. Wow, that's amazing. I agree with everyone else, this'd be an excellent thing to showcase and help promote the release. > The good news about that is we can re-use most of it, so not > everything needs to be re-done. Since it never got posted, the > revisions will not seem like just a re-post of the original video... > which saves me a lot of work during this relatively busy time of year, > leading up to the holiday season. :) > > I'm happy to have anyone advise features that are not in this video to > include, or exclude as the case may be. The way it showcased the features in real time was pretty stunning. The one that stuck with me the most was the on-canvas gradient editing, I suppose because it involved shiny color. The font measurement stuff was amazing too, maybe because I'm a sucker for dimensions. :-) The new guide features went by a bit too quickly to grok what the change was. The setup part for node tool dropdown was a bit slow, but when it got to the actual feature it jumped too quickly so it's hard to see what the actual feature was. The symbol dialog, find with mouse wheel, and paint order examples felt spot on. Live path effects as well, however I know there's been a *ton* of cool work here and wonder if this section could be expanded. Drag and drop layer ordering looked pretty slick but I didn't follow what exactly was going on. For the new file format support, I wonder if it would be permissible to include the logos of the respective products? Differentiating between the import and exports might be worthwhile. Some of those, like visio import, I thought we had for a while? In any case, showing off new file import and export features is a great idea. > I'm also quite proud to be part of the Inkscape project, and it's the > sense of community and family that motivates me to create these video > works, graphics, and ui stuff. I like how this video focuses on the product itself, and I think it is way stronger having that focus. But I do wonder if having a similar video but more focused on the people involved might be fun -- something geared more towards people who might dabble with more involvement in our community. Something that'd mention the hackfest, LGM attendance, more depth into the new website features, and details of how we've put donor's funds to use in the Books For Developers effort, and so on. > I'm happy that it shows in the video, and it's thanks to all of you > that it does. :) > Oh, also maybe we should have a special thanks portion at the end of > the video for those in the project that have (and continue to) really > bend over backwards to get this release out the door. I know I can > think of a bunch. It was very striking that the video didn't end with a credits roll, but instead used that time to give focus to the project logo and slogan. It made the whole seem simultaneously professional and accessible. It'd be fine with me either way, but do I like the tidy way you closed it. Bryce > Thoughts? > > -C > > PS- I don't want to be included on this special thanks screen. I think > it should be reserved for those who contributed most to the release, > and I've mainly just been a cheerleader for it thus far. :) > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> wrote: > > Hi CR, > > > > The video at LGM was amazingly good. It felt really good being a part > > of the inkscape project and I was proud of the work we'd all done > > together after seeing it. > > > > Did it ever get posted to the inkscape website? When the new one is > > ready, we should add it to youtube and then onto the website as an > > embeded video and then into news and other PR outlets. > > > > Thanks for brining this up. > > > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > > > On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 04:41 +0100, C R wrote: > >> Regarding outeach and PR, remember, we have a video that we displayed > >> at the LGM conference. It got a lot of applause, and a suggestion > >> from > >> the speaker to the audience that everyone consider doing a video next > >> year. *^.^* > >> > >> I can revise it to replace features that did not make it into the > >> 0.93 > >> release, and replace them with features that did make it in. > >> For reference, the video is here: > >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/67wva0mryutll7d/inkscape_lgm_video_2016_fin > >> ished.ogv?dl=0 > >> > >> Other things that need replacing is the 0.91 > 0.92, and the > >> screenshot of the website after we know what the new artwork from the > >> about screen contest is. :) > >> > >> Any updates would be helpful towards this goal. > >> > >> Thanks! > >> -C > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Martin Owens <doctormo@...400...> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 14:58 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: > >> > > > >> > > Such a page might also be a good place to have a table of past > >> > > releases. > >> > > For the most part those don't matter much for users, but the > >> > > question > >> > > of where to get them does pop up now and then so having an > >> > > official > >> > > listing of links to historical packages *somewhere* in the > >> > > website > >> > > would be nice. > >> > There is a list of past releases on the releases page. But perhaps > >> > you'd like a page that shows a more robust list with descriptions > >> > and > >> > such? > >> > > >> > https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.91/ > >> > > >> > See list of 'Versions' and 'In development', it's a fairly complete > >> > list. > >> > > >> > > > >> > > I've noticed the development snapshots often want to have > >> > > additional > >> > > directions or tips, which can look a bit cluttery / jargony and > >> > > thus > >> > > potentially a big source of confusion. > >> > > > >> > > In any case, probably not worth overthinking here, especially > >> > > given > >> > > that there's a new releases app coming. The main thing is to > >> > > keep > >> > > things looking neat & tidy for the release. > >> > If you can force the use of the releases app, it'll force fixes and > >> > tweaks. Otherwise I fear a cms downloads page will continue to be a > >> > toxic workaround stopping us from finishing the app. > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > select it instead of their platform page... > >> > > Ah, yeah we had the same thought. :-) > >> > I don't understand. > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > - Martin created some for 0.91 and the pre-releases - maybe > >> > > > he's > >> > > > still > >> > > > got the file? > >> > > > Here are a couple of examples: > >> > > > https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=inkscape-package/ > >> > > Yeah would be nice to get that into the inkscape bzr tree, then > >> > > perhaps > >> > > I could make it part of the release process to make a copy with > >> > > the > >> > > new > >> > > version number, that can then be used on all the uploads. > >> > Makes sense, a useful image for each of these things. I'm trying to > >> > make the about page art more universal by updating different parts > >> > of > >> > the website with the art too. I'd like these icons to use the art > >> > is > >> > possible too. > >> > > >> > So pre-about screen we'd use the standard developer/pre-release > >> > graphics. > >> > > >> > Best Regards, Martin Owens > >> > > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > ------------- > >> > 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

1 1

Inkscape 0.92pre publications
by the Adib 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Hello Maren, Hello Martin, Eduard uploaded some packages to the gallery. He now stuck in the proccess copying to the 0.92pre2 gallery. The gallery is visible in the "copy to" for "Developers" where he is "Uploader". Pls. adjust Eduards group membership or gallery ownership accordingly. Maren, Saying that I prefers you refer to the gallery item, so that people can access packages as they are uploaded. similar to https://inkscape.org/en/*developer/galleries/092pre1/ So you avoid having cross server links or dead links. Thank you. Regards, Adib. --

2 2

Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.92 release status
by C R 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

> Its a cool video, thanks for your work, one thing you have access to 0 92.x > branch to update it? I think is only open to restricted group. Cheers, > jabier. Thanks Jabier! Possibly not. I'm just running the trunk version from repo at the moment. If someone can provide an appimage, repo, or just an apk for Ubuntu, I think I'll be set, at least for the screen-recording part. -C > ------ Mensaje original ------ > De: C R > Fecha: 21/10/2016 6:11 > Para: Martin Owens; > CC: inkscape-devel; > Asunto:Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.92 release status > > Thanks Martin! No, it was never posted, but I think it's because some > of the features were (and are still) under development and have been > disabled or excluded for this release. It was adequate to get folks > from the conference excited and downloading our trunk versions for > testing, but for a public release, I'd like to be a bit more accurate > about what's new and included. > > The good news about that is we can re-use most of it, so not > everything needs to be re-done. Since it never got posted, the > revisions will not seem like just a re-post of the original video... > which saves me a lot of work during this relatively busy time of year, > leading up to the holiday season. :) > > I'm happy to have anyone advise features that are not in this video to > include, or exclude as the case may be. > > I'm also quite proud to be part of the Inkscape project, and it's the > sense of community and family that motivates me to create these video > works, graphics, and ui stuff. > > I'm happy that it shows in the video, and it's thanks to all of you > that it does. :) > Oh, also maybe we should have a special thanks portion at the end of > the video for those in the project that have (and continue to) really > bend over backwards to get this release out the door. I know I can > think of a bunch. > > Thoughts? > > -C > > PS- I don't want to be included on this special thanks screen. I think > it should be reserved for those who contributed most to the release, > and I've mainly just been a cheerleader for it thus far. :) > > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Martin Owens wrote: >> Hi CR, >> >> The video at LGM was amazingly good. It felt really good being a part >> of the inkscape project and I was proud of the work we'd all done >> together after seeing it. >> >> Did it ever get posted to the inkscape website? When the new one is >> ready, we should add it to youtube and then onto the website as an >> embeded video and then into news and other PR outlets. >> >> Thanks for brining this up. >> >> Best Regards, Martin Owens >> >> On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 04:41 +0100, C R wrote: >>> Regarding outeach and PR, remember, we have a video that we displayed >>> at the LGM conference. It got a lot of applause, and a suggestion >>> from >>> the speaker to the audience that everyone consider doing a video next >>> year. *^.^* >>> >>> I can revise it to replace features that did not make it into the >>> 0.93 >>> release, and replace them with features that did make it in. >>> For reference, the video is here: >>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/67wva0mryutll7d/inkscape_lgm_video_2016_fin >>> ished.ogv?dl=0 >>> >>> Other things that need replacing is the 0.91 > 0.92, and the >>> screenshot of the website after we know what the new artwork from the >>> about screen contest is. :) >>> >>> Any updates would be helpful towards this goal. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> -C >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 3:37 AM, Martin Owens >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > On Thu, 2016-10-20 at 14:58 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote: >>> > > >>> > > Such a page might also be a good place to have a table of past >>> > > releases. >>> > > For the most part those don't matter much for users, but the >>> > > question >>> > > of where to get them does pop up now and then so having an >>> > > official >>> > > listing of links to historical packages *somewhere* in the >>> > > website >>> > > would be nice. >>> > There is a list of past releases on the releases page. But perhaps >>> > you'd like a page that shows a more robust list with descriptions >>> > and >>> > such? >>> > >>> > https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.91/ >>> > >>> > See list of 'Versions' and 'In development', it's a fairly complete >>> > list. >>> > >>> > > >>> > > I've noticed the development snapshots often want to have >>> > > additional >>> > > directions or tips, which can look a bit cluttery / jargony and >>> > > thus >>> > > potentially a big source of confusion. >>> > > >>> > > In any case, probably not worth overthinking here, especially >>> > > given >>> > > that there's a new releases app coming. The main thing is to >>> > > keep >>> > > things looking neat & tidy for the release. >>> > If you can force the use of the releases app, it'll force fixes and >>> > tweaks. Otherwise I fear a cms downloads page will continue to be a >>> > toxic workaround stopping us from finishing the app. >>> > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> > > > select it instead of their platform page... >>> > > Ah, yeah we had the same thought. :-) >>> > I don't understand. >>> > >>> > > >>> > > > >>> > > > - Martin created some for 0.91 and the pre-releases - maybe >>> > > > he's >>> > > > still >>> > > > got the file? >>> > > > Here are a couple of examples: >>> > > > https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=inkscape-package/ >>> > > Yeah would be nice to get that into the inkscape bzr tree, then >>> > > perhaps >>> > > I could make it part of the release process to make a copy with >>> > > the >>> > > new >>> > > version number, that can then be used on all the uploads. >>> > Makes sense, a useful image for each of these things. I'm trying to >>> > make the about page art more universal by updating different parts >>> > of >>> > the website with the art too. I'd like these icons to use the art >>> > is >>> > possible too. >>> > >>> > So pre-about screen we'd use the standard developer/pre-release >>> > graphics. >>> > >>> > Best Regards, Martin Owens >>> > >>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > ------------- >>> > 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

2 1

Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.92 release status
by javier.arraiza＠...2893... 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

1 0

[UI] Rotate widget
by Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Hi all. I have a work to our UI group, It's about the feature described in this video [1] - rotate workspace There is a recent discussion higly recomend to read [2]: We need to define the way to handle workspace rotation: There is no realtime rotation, so we need to select an angle and start redraw, so the option to a tool to it become a bad idea, except we have a pixel preview of current workspace to "phantom" the rotation as Martin point, but not sure about it The rotation is done by the current workspace center, no problem where the document are on it. We need to define: * WIDGETS * Shortcuts 1: Shortcuts. only one direction, a modiffier [XXX] rotate by prefs rotate steps with [XXX] modifier rotate in 45 or 90 degree from 0 could be a option 2:Widget. Two options: Popup from button or toolbar, there is some discussion about in [2] I want it defined to know the way to take, both have things good and bad. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utFQve7ofJk [2] http://inkscape.13.x6.nabble.com/Workspace-rotation-td4977487.html Cheers, Jabier.

4 12

0.92 release status (volunteers needed)
by Bryce Harrington 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

A number of different things need to be done to get the release out the door, but presently these are the top priorities: 1. Packaging for Windows and OSX - Has anyone taken a shot at doing Windows or OSX packaging for the snapshot releases? I'm worried when we get to the point of doing the release announcement, we may not have packages supporting all platforms. I would be ok if we end up having the initial release be Linux-only but I know most people would be disappointed if we don't have simultaneous platform support. *** We need volunteers to work on/coordinate packaging for each of these platforms. If no volunteers are available then we'll drop that platform from the release announcement plans. 2. DPI Scaling bug #1389723 - This appears to be the last serious regression that really *has* to be fixed for the release. Good news is that there is already a proposed fix and a plan in place for resolving it. There is no named assignee, although several people have been working on it. But right now it needs more eyes to review and test it, with a particular look at usability and how the fix will be accepted by affected users. *** We need a core developer to take a coordinational role for this bug and help shepherd the proposed patches to a resolution. No particular experience with the problem is needed, just available time to test, track remaining issues, and chase down people to address them. 3. Disable unstable features, bug #1589340 - I've landed most of the proposed changes, but there is one more to do (comment #11, essentially re-introduce the fix for bug #619903). *** We need someone to apply the fix for bug #619903 to the 0.92 branch. If no volunteers are available, then I'll take care of it when I get some time. 4. Fonts not shown in font manager (Win32), bug #1416674 - This is platform-specific on Windows but appears to be relatively bad for folks. Its not a 0.92 regression but was a regression on 0.91. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a clear path to a fix, and we do not have an assignee for the bug. *** We need someone to record this bug as a Known Issue in the release notes. *** We need a skilled developer to investigate the bug, identify a solution, and volunteer to be the assignee for the bug. If no volunteers are available, I'll drop this as a release blocker. 5. About screen - Josh and Martin were coordinating work on a contest here, but I don't think it got kicked off. I understand Josh has been quite tied up with other issues, so perhaps someone could volunteer to assist with the grunt work of getting this off the ground? I think there's still going to be adequate time to do a contest if it gets going soonish but I don't want to delay the release on it; worst case we can just rev the number on 0.91's about screen. *** We need someone to volunteer to assist here, or possibly to take over the task of organizing the contest. *** We need someone to meanwhile rev the current about screen number to 0.92, in case the contest can't be done. 6. The Release Notes look pretty good, but as we near to the release we need to finish reviewing and copyediting, and make sure all new features are adequately described: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/0.92 7. New snapshot release - I've been procrastinating on this since I'm not sure anyone's actually packaging them, but I'll try and get another one out soon. I'll followup on these items some time next week, so if you can volunteer for any of the above items by then please do so, else we'll have to start going with the plan B's one some of them. Bryce # Period Tasks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- √1. Open development. √ Implement new build system √ Begin switching packaging to use new build system 2. Chill. √ Development focuses on wrapping up √ Post inkscape-0.92-pre0.tar.gz √ Disable features that aren't finished √ Identify 'make distcheck' issues √ Identify remaining writing needed for Release Notes. √ Identify any release blocker bugs [scislac] √ Recruit Release Wardens for Hard Freeze 3. Frost. √ Only production-ready code committed to Mainline Finalize any major changes to platform packaging Inkscape must pass 'make distcheck' √ Finalize Release Notes except Known Issues Start an About Screen contest √ Post additional inkscape-0.92-pre*.tar.gz releases Packagers test creating pkgs of the -pre* releases 4. Freeze. √ Stable Branch is forked from Mainline √ Regular development resumes on Mainline. Only Release Wardens can commit to Stable Branch √ Cherrypick bug fixes from Mainline to Stable √ Complete any late work under advisement of Wardens Focus on release-critical bug fixing. String Freeze √ No further string changes allowed on Stable Branch. √ Translators work on translations. √ Finalize all extensions √ Finalize codebase translations Finalize about screen Finalize Known Issues section of Release Notes Finalize packaging scripts Post additional inkscape-0.92-pre*.tar.gz releases 5. Release. Post inkscape-0.92.tar.gz to website launchpad project page Post Windows build, MSI or EXE installer to website Post MacOSX build, dmg installer to website Make Debian build available in stable ppa or distribution archive Make Fedora build available in stable yum repo or distribution archive Post official announcements Plan 0.92.1+ release(s), if needed 6. Open development.

10 34

Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-translator] Which translations should be included in 0.92 release?
by Eduard Braun 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Am 19.10.2016 um 02:55 schrieb Duarte Ramos: > I've made a few small updates for the Portuguese nsh file. What should > I do with it, file a bug report? > I've attached it to this email, but they are often removed so not sure > it will get to you. Let's just collect all updated translations on Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1634690 I'll make sure to commit them in time...

1 0

Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-translator] Which translations should be included in 0.92 release?
by Sylvain Chiron 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Le 19/10/2016 à 02:55, Duarte Ramos a écrit : > Anyway never mind my 2% I've been basically working for nothing, that > one seems quite ready for release actually. :) > I've made a few small updates for the Portuguese nsh file. What should I > do with it, file a bug report? > I've attached it to this email, but they are often removed so not sure > it will get to you. A few kilobytes are okay. The right ways are usually a bug report, or a merge request: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Submit_fini… I did hard cleaning/updating work on this page some time ago, please use it — :P. -- Sylvain

1 0