Mailing List logs
by Martin Owens
Dear Developers,
Since 11th July sourceforge has changed the way they're giving us
access to our mailing list log. It used to contain the full email mbox
for all the messages sent to the system.
Now they are giving us smaller, stripped mbox files that aren't as
complete. I believe all messages are there, but headers are modified
and email addresses are changed to bryce@...3609... etc.
We've been collecting our mailing list records ever since we started
planning moving our mailing lists away from sourceforce. When it comes
to do the import into the new mailman, I'm going to try and retain as
much of the old messages as possible and then add on the stripped
messages since then, but it would be nice to have the full log.
If anyone has a complete record of inkscape messages, please let me
know. (also double cool if we have pre-sourceforce records, but no
worries if they're lost to time)
Best Regards, Martin Owens
5 years, 8 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn
Thanks, Maren. I will try to find some time to read those. But I was really
hoping for a shorter answer.
It's not that I mind learning new things. But if it takes that much reading to
understand a program's feature, then I think the feature needs to be redesigned,
so that users are eased into it.
(Original message posted to User list, but now copying to the devel list)
If this would help for developers or advanced users know how to answer, here is
the basic question.
How to change the display units, so that the file is using those units, and so
that the drawing is as close to the real life units as the user's screen
resolution permits (like for printing or cutting).
Also, an issue was raised in a forum, that symbols and some extensions don't
work properly if the scale is not set a certain way. ("don't work properly"
means that the resulting sizes aren't correct.)
In this case, I mean for a new drawing in the current version of Inkscape (not
opening a file which was started in an earlier version).
Thanks again,
brynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Maren Hachmann
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:49 PM
To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
Suggested reading:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-i-13563546
https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-ii-13566508
https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-iii-13741251
https://www.patreon.com/posts/units-part-iv-13993147
(Articles written by Marc Jeanmougin, for his patrons on Patreon and for
the whole Inkscape community)
Maren
Am 14.09.2017 um 23:11 schrieb brynn:
> Hi Friends,
> Sending up a signal flare from the not-so-technially-inclined
> user community. Please either explain the Scale setting and how users
> can easily change the Display units; or fix the UX so we can use it.
>
> Thank you so very much,
> brynn
>
>
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5 years, 8 months
Re: [Inkscape-devel] [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
by brynn
Developers often seem to answer, so I thought I was getting both here. But now
copied to the devel list.
Thanks,
brynn
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Owens
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2017 3:40 PM
To: Inkscape User Community
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] the Scale setting and Display units
You should make sure this flare goes to the devel mailing list too.
On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 15:11 -0600, brynn wrote:
> Hi Friends,
> Sending up a signal flare from the not-so-technially-inclined
> user
> community. Please either explain the Scale setting and how users can
> easily
> change the Display units; or fix the UX so we can use it.
>
> Thank you so very much,
> brynn
>
>
>
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5 years, 8 months
Blur branch
by Jabier Arraiza
Hi all. I want to know the status of the blur branch, I think it
introduce a great improvement but need to be tested well so the faster
is landed in trunk the better.
I don`t undertand his changes, also dont remember the branch location,
recently cleanup my mailbox..., I remember Tav made some comments to it
to be done.
Cheers, Jabier.
5 years, 8 months
[brett@...3057...: Upcoming changes to the travel policy]
by Bryce Harrington
FYI #2, this one does affect us but is good news:
1. More flexibility in selecting flights for time vs. lowest cost
2. Slightly higher limits for international flights
3. Bit more flexibility in approvals and reimbursement
----- Forwarded message from Brett Smith <brett@...3057...> -----
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:38:27 -0400
From: Brett Smith <brett@...3057...>
To: project-reps@...3057...
Subject: Upcoming changes to the travel policy
Reply-To: policies-discuss@...3057...
Hi again everyone,
Now for the good news. At their most recent meeting, Conservancy’s board
approved the proposed changes to the travel policy that were recently
submitted to policies-discuss. Let me give a quick recap of those
changes so I can discuss next steps for PLCs.
First, the new policy provides additional budget to book flights that
save substantial time over the cheapest available fare. This was the
most common request we heard, and definitely we recognize the value of
saving people’s time. In order to keep the rules simple, the budget
increases at specific time savings marks. You can see the new rules here
<https://k.sfconservancy.org/policies/files/783dcdd92fc61f3f150e1c65782c0f...>.
Second, the policy increases the cost of international flights that
require preapproval, from $1,500 to $1,650. This change is just to keep
pace with fares we’re seeing; the $1,500 limit has been in place since
at least 2012, and of course fares have risen since then. This should
reduce the number of flights that require preapproval.
There are also a couple of changes that just provide additional
flexibility in handling reimbursement requests. The new rules clarify
that our 90-day limit on reimbursement requests starts from the last day
of travel, not the day the expense was incurred. (This is how we’ve
treated it since the 90-day rule was introduced, but now it’s official.)
Expenses that require preapproval can be approved by any officer of
Conservancy, not just the executive director. This should help us be
more responsive to your requests.
There are also non-rules changes, like updates to the currency rates we
use (forced on us because the Bank of Canada stopped providing them) and
Markdown formatting. For more background, see the messages to
policies-discuss
<https://lists.sfconservancy.org/pipermail/policies-discuss/2017-August/th...>
and the Git history
<https://k.sfconservancy.org/policies/changelog?branch=2017-08-proposed-up...>.
Next steps: We would like to make these changes effective in a week, on
20 September. The reason for the gap is we want to give you time to
discuss them internally. Because these changes potentially mean
increased project expenses, we understand you might not be prepared to
take those on. If you would like to follow the old policies, or other
rules that are stricter than ours, you can always do that. Just let us
know through your project alias, and we’ll handle your reimbursement
requests accordingly. If we don’t hear from you, we’ll follow the new
rules for any reimbursed expenses incurred on or after 20 September.
I really hope you all like these changes; our goal in pushing them
forward was really to try to address head-on a lot of the feedback I’ve
heard about flight reimbursements and preapprovals while I’ve been
helping with our bookkeeping, and I’m optimistic we’ve made good
progress there. If you have any questions about the changes, feel free
to ask us through your project alias, or on policies-discuss if it’s
appropriate for public discussion.
Best regards,
--
Brett Smith
----- End forwarded message -----
5 years, 8 months
[brett@...3057...: Rackspace OSS discount ends at the end of the year]
by Bryce Harrington
FYI. Although, this doesn't affect us.
----- Forwarded message from Brett Smith <brett@...3057...> -----
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:46:41 -0400
From: Brett Smith <brett@...3057...>
To: project-reps@...3057...
Subject: Rackspace OSS discount ends at the end of the year
Reply-To: Brett Smith <brett@...3057...>
Hi everyone,
I have good news and bad news for you today, so I’ll start with the bad
news. Many of you are relying on Rackspace’s OSS discount to host
servers for your project. Unfortunately, Rackspace just informed us
yesterday that they’ll be ending the program at the end of the year. The
entire business is shifting focus away from running their own cloud
infrastructure, to providing support in the Big Three clouds, so as part
of that they’re ending incentive programs structured around their cloud.
Conservancy hosts our own servers through this program, and so we’re
already reaching out to other cloud providers to see if they might be
willing to offer something similar. We realize it would be ideal if we
could find a similar replacement program that covers each of you
separately, and we’ll be trying to do that first. If you have contacts
at hosting providers that we should be talking to about providing such a
service, please let us know; this is a big enough deal that we’re eager
to talk to anybody who might help. If they’re sufficiently generous, we
may consider recognizing them as an in-kind sponsor on our web site.
If you’re affected by this, it would probably be prudent to start
planning how you’ll migrate your servers off Rackspace to another
provider. I realize that’s difficult to fully plan without knowing where
you’re going, but at least it would be helpful to review your system
configurations and make sure you understand what you need to migrate.
You might also consider if there are ways you could consolidate or
streamline your servers. Rackspace’s OSS discount program is /extremely/
generous; we might find a similar program that is merely /very/ generous.
Alternatively, if you’re willing to pay Rackspace for hosting, you can
do that too if you have the funds. Your Rackspace bills (which are
usually zeroed about by the discount) are in our Subversion server along
with the rest of your financial records, usually under
|Expenses/Rackspace/|. If you need help with accessing that, just let me
know.
If you don’t currently have an OSS discount account with Rackspace, but
you were thinking about getting one, I’m afraid that’s no longer available.
If you want to talk with us about this change for any reason, it’s
probably best to do so through your specific project alias. I’m
following all those conversations and can follow up there. I’ll keep you
updated about our progress in finding a replacement program.
Best regards,
--
Brett Smith
----- End forwarded message -----
5 years, 8 months
Updating the FAQ with pictures and diagrams
by C R
Brynn brought it to attention that the FAQ could use some updating to
include pictures and diagrams to help explain.
I'm already looking at the Raster vs. Vector sections, but would like
to know other hot-button questions (questions which we get a lot) that
the FAQ doesn't quite address clearly enough, or possibly could
address better with graphics.
Thanks!
-C
5 years, 8 months
CMake Address/Memory/Thread/Undefined Sanitizer support
by Michael Soegtrop
Dear Jabier,
as discussed, I tested the Sanitzer builds with Debian 9 - works well. I
can now configure 4 sanitizer variants with CMake D Parameters like this:
-D SANITIZE_ADDRESS=ON
-D SANITIZE_MEMORY=OFF
-D SANITIZE_THREAD=OFF
-D SANITIZE_UNDEFINED=ON
address and undefined can be enabled together, the other two options
require separate builds with only one option enabled.
When I set
export ASAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=0
before you start inkscape, it will not stop on errors. Then you get the
output in sanitizer-sample-1.txt until inkscape reaches the main screen.
It looks all like new/delete mismatches which usually come from
forgetting to define a destructor virtual. If I disable these as well with:
export ASAN_OPTIONS=new_delete_type_mismatch=0
it is clean until reaching main screen. The second attached file is from
shutdown and shows just memory leaks. So chances are not bad that the
Sanitizer will be useful for specific issues without a lot of upfront
debugging.
The detection and configuration of the sanitizers is done by CMake
scripts I took from another project (compatible licenses). You get all 4
variants with gcc 6.xx. With earlier variants only the address sanitizer
works. The changes to the inkscape CMake files are minimal, all is in
separate CMake modules.
I will do some more tests on Saturday and do a pull request then, but
you can already look at it here:
https://gitlab.com/MSoegtrop/inkscape/commits/sanitizer
It is just one commit you can easily merge.
Best regards,
Michael
P.S.: attachments as ZIP didn't get through and are way large unzipped.
If someone is interested in the Sanitizer errors, please send me a mail.
5 years, 8 months
