March 2016 - Inkscape Devel - Inkscape Mailman

[Fwd: Re: Website Download donations]
by Martin Owens 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

I'm forwarding this information directly to the list. It's from Canonical/Ubuntu about their donation during download screen. They say: * 1 in every 500 downloads results in a donation (0.2%) * People donate what your default is normally * There are lots of complaints about the download format * They plan on changing the download screen to a thank you page This is important data for us, because I feel the good will of our users is important for us and noting to large amount of complaints is important for the design. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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btool slower to link with recent devlibs on Windows (32 bit)
by mathog 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

Hi all, Finally had a chance to update things on my Windows XP 32 bit build box. Devlibs 53 -> 61 and now current inkscape trunk. I'm observing that the link stage is taking a very, very, Very long time to complete. Many minutes. I do not recall it taking that long previously. Am I hallucinating or is it really slower than it used to be? Is there an easy way to disable the build for inkview, so that I can at least not have to wait for that progam's equally slow link? Also I have forgotten the trick to get btool to show what it is doing when it compiles a module. That is, to show the cxx line rather than compile (modulename) Finally, gdb seems to be more hit and miss than I remembered. Doing it this way: gdb file inkscape/inkscape.exe inkscape/inkscape.dbg # set break point here run /c/temp/test2.emf is doing strange things. The break points will not always set. Sometimes it says that it doesn't see the file (emf-inout.c) and other times that it does not see the line specified. build.xml was modified with -O2 -> -O0, so nothing should have been optimized away. Yet other times, it works as one would expect. Also when it segfaults "bt" is wildly uninformative. For the case at hand it is >600 levels deep and each level is just described by a few numbers - no file or module names are shown. Thanks, David Mathog mathog@...1176... Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech

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Details of project
by Nishant karn 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

I visited the site https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/6010720831406080/ went through idea page and found a idea according to my knowledge. The project idea is: Slice toolbar items. I want to know about how should i prepare my proposal and what are the requirements?

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Hackfest 2016: Topics
by Tavmjong Bah 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Hi, I've started a wiki page for discussion/hacking topics at the upcoming Leeds hackfest. It's been seeded with a few things from last years hackfest. Please fill free to add new topics and to comment on the existing topics. See: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Hackfest2016_Topics It's not too late to sign up for the hackfest. Travel funding is available for based on past contributions to Inkscape. Tav

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SpinachCon 2016
by Martin Owens 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Dear users and developers, Inkscape has been invited to take part in the Free Software design day known as SpinachCon which happens the day before LibrePlanet here in Boston: https://libreplanet.org/2016/ The SpinachCon event is about working with users on finding odd, weird and slightly ugly things within inkscape that we can fix or make designs about. If you are in the area and wish to take part it's March 18th 2016, from 12:00-5:00pm, in Boston at Beaucoop's offices (near South Station on the Red Line) I'll report in a new article any findings or fixes after the event. Best Regards, Martin Owens

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