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distcheck problems
by Bryce Harrington 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

Hi all, 2. Chill. √ Development focuses on wrapping up √ Disable features that aren't finished -----> Identify 'make distcheck' issues Identify any critical OSX/Win32 packaging issues Identify remaining writing needed for Release Notes. √ Regressions Bug Hunt: 500 points Update tutorials and other docs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'make distcheck' issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Run 'make distcheck' in your Inkscape tree to see the problems. We'll need to get these largely taken care of (>90% clean) by the end of the next phase. 1. There are quite a few warnings. For example: CXX ui/tools/dropper-tool.o In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.6/bits/basic_ios.h:39:0, from /usr/include/c++/4.6/ios:45, from /usr/include/c++/4.6/ostream:40, from /usr/include/c++/4.6/iterator:64, from /usr/include/boost/iterator.hpp:17, from /usr/include/boost/operators.hpp:84, from ../../src/2geom/affine.h:17, from ../../src/2geom/transforms.h:41, from ../../src/ui/tools/dropper-tool.cpp:21: ../../src/2geom/generic-interval.h: In member function ‘virtual bool Inkscape::UI::Tools::DropperTool::root_handler(GdkEvent*)’: ../../src/2geom/generic-interval.h:65:9: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X + c) >= X is always true [-Wstrict-overflow] ../../src/2geom/generic-interval.h:65:9: warning: assuming signed overflow does not occur when assuming that (X + c) >= X is always true [-Wstrict-overflow] And a fair number beyond that. 2. units issues ** (process:15599): WARNING **: Units file /home/bryce/src/Inkscape/inkscape/build-humber/inkscape-0.48+devel/_inst/share/inkscape/ui/units.xml is missing: Failed to open file '/home/bryce/src/Inkscape/inkscape/build-humber/inkscape-0.48+devel/_inst/share/inkscape/ui/units.xml': No such file or directory Running 105 tests....................... 3. Tests issues Then follows a ton of error messages, of which the following is typical: ../../src/./svg/svg-length-test.h:62: Error: Test failed: 73.162987in ../../src/./svg/svg-length-test.h:62: Error: Expected (len.computed == absolute_tests[i].computed), found (73.1629 != 6584.6689) In SvgLengthTest::testReadAbsolute: ../../src/./svg/svg-length-test.h:88: Error: Test failed: 100pt ../../src/./svg/svg-length-test.h:88: Error: Expected (len.computed == absolute_tests[i].computed), found (100.0000 != 125.0000) m ................... Failed 21 of 105 tests Success rate: 80% XFAIL: cxxtests =============================================== 1 test behaved as expected (1 expected failure) =============================================== 4. Then at the end I get a bunch of issues about .coverage files not being writable. File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/coverage-3.6-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/coverage/data.py", pline 125, in write_file fdata = open(filename, 'wb') IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/bryce/src/Inkscape/inkscape/build-humber/inkscape-0.48+devel/share/extensions/test/.coverage' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you get a chance to investigate the above issues and sort them out, or discover something that might help in solving them, please reply to this email with your status. Bryce

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OSX/Win32 packaging issues
by Bryce Harrington 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

2. Chill. √ Development focuses on wrapping up √ Disable features that aren't finished √ Identify 'make distcheck' issues -----> Identify any critical OSX/Win32 packaging issues Identify remaining writing needed for Release Notes. √ Regressions Bug Hunt: 500 points Update tutorials and other docs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OSX Packaging Issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Mac, our packaging needs some major renovation. In the past we've had it use Mac's X11 compatibility but our users will have the best installation experience if the installer uses the native Gtk-Quartz functionality. I'm guessing that pretty much this can copy how GIMP has done it, but the devil's always in the details of course. The challenge is we need to get this done fast - ideally within a month or two - in order for it to not cause the overall schedule to delay. Would someone be interested and willing to take on this endeavor? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windows Packaging Issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I didn't get as much feedback on the status of the Windows package for Inkscape, but poking around a bit it looks like the NSI stuff basically works. There are 15 bugs tagged 'win32' and 'packaging', but only 2 of those are high priority and both of those sound more like porting issues than packaging. However, on our downloads page I notice that we're pointing people offsite to a third party for 64-bit windows packages. We need to be providing 64-bit packages from the official site. Also, on the download page we offer three different types of windows installers. In the interest of keeping things simple for users and consistent for developers, can we pick one of those three as our official packaging, and merge or drop the other two? So, the tasks we need done near-term: * Test creating a Win32 package using the stuff in packaging/win32, and report on whether it "just works" or hits errors. * What would it take to get our packaging to generate 64-bit packages? * Is there a reason we should have more than one win32 package? If not, what should we be focusing on?

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Little css tweak in inkscape.org
by Guiu Rocafort 20 Apr '14

20 Apr '14

Hi ! I noticed that in the about page there is a floating side bar in the right, and because it is taller than the content it overlaps with the footer. Adding "clear: both; " to the .footer rule in the css solves that problem. Maybe somebody with commit access to the repository can apply this change. Thanks Guiu -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Issues reported from LGM
by Martin Owens 20 Apr '14

20 Apr '14

This is a list of long standing UX issues from RedHat/Gnome/Fedora devs: * Preferences dialog is the wrong size or doesn't have a minium size & doesn't set to the center of the parent window. * The zoom correction should only effect documents set to physical units. ! Different document modes are needed for different workflows. * Inkscape should be maximised by default * Shadow/border on document is not settable as the global setting. * The shadow shouldn't be the default. * Default colour for the border should be half gray half transparent * Restarting inkscape to load a new font is not good. * Lots of fonts installed causes inkscape to be slow. * Color outside the page should be a slight shade different * The resize page shouldn't be hidden by default. * Maximise should be the default for inkscape. * "Selection" option means "Whole Selection" in align * The align and distribute relative to should set some defaults depending on the selection. If one item is selected then the default should be to Page and if there are multiples selected then it should be to "Whole Selection" as it is now. * BUG: Where three text items are selected, the align to text-baseline sometimes depending on the item selected, aligns to the wrong item when Last Selected is used. First selected is also effeted. * Gimp's small theme allows more widgets to be displayed on the screen. Maybe some themes for inkscape would be useful. * Never make an object that is transparent and thus not selectable. * Multiple pages None important issues * Zoom correction should be specific to a screen.

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Website: Release Page
by Martin Owens 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

We're having the Inkscape meeting here at LGM I've put together a page on the website for the next release: http://inkscape.org/en/develop/next-release/ I've included some details as well as some firm dates for the next release which I want us to hit. Bryce hasn't signed up to a fixed schedule yet, but it's time to get this nailed down and I think we're ready to get a release out now, let alone in a few months. So we should certainly be able to hit it. What are your thoughts? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Preference Observer in Init
by Martin Owens 19 Apr '14

19 Apr '14

Hi devs, A bit of bother with a new DesktopPrefObserver to watch for a new settings modification. The diff is available here: https://code.launchpad.net/~doctormo/inkscape/image-outline-option/+merge/2… The idea is simply to initalise the observer and specify the option to observe. See failed variable _image_render_observer in desktop.cpp and desktop.h The error comes from the string, it says the string is a `const char [36]` while it needs a const GLib::ustring. Usually I've seen the code be more flexible about const strings at compile time, but this one is being picky. Any ideas? Also a question about the option. Should it be enabled or disabled by default? Would a user expect bitmap images to be exceptions in outline mode or would they expect them to be red squares with an X inside by default? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape native OSX builds
by lauhub 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Hi everybody, First message for me too so hello. And I am also an OSX user and I can be a tester. Just let me know how to do this (where to download the package). Le 16/04/2014 22:37, inkscape-devel-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net a écrit : > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:42:45 -0500 > From: Hiram Perez<hiram.001@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape native OSX builds > To:"inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net", > inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID:<7901A6A430C04C02909CF335FF0D8750@...400...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Here, another OSX user who can be a tester, BTW it?s the first time I write to the list, so hi! > > -- > Hiram Perez > Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)

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Inkscape Website: upgraded to 3.0 on staging
by Martin Owens 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Dear developers and website helpers, One of the features needed on the website was 'revision history', to be able to see edits and revert them if needed. The newest version of django-cms[1], version 3.0 is a big step up from the previous 2.3 we were using. I've done all the background work to upgrade our website to this version of django-cms and deployed it to staging for testing. Please take a few minutes to test the staging website and report back any issues. You'll find the editing process to be much easier now and I hope the translation of pages should be easier too since we have diffs from the revision history to calculate changes. Best Regards, Martin Owens [1] At the LGM meeting I stated that the django-cms project wasn't maintained, this was incorrect. There are plugins which have been dropped (twitter) and plugins which have been moved over to other focused projects (text). Version 2.3 is unmaintained.

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Inkscape 0.48.5
by Krzysztof Kosiński 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

Hello everyone I would like to push out Inkscape 0.48.5 in the very near future (1-2 weeks at most), since a fair number of bugfixes have accumulated since the last stable release 15 months ago. If you know of any simple bugs that can be fixed by backporting a few lines of code, please tag them with "backport-proposed" in the Launchpad bug tracker, so that I can fix them. I could use some assistance with the following: 1. Writing release notes 2. Making binary packages for Windows and OSX 3. Announcing the release on the website and mailing lists Anyone wants to help? Regards, Krzysztof

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Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape native OSX builds
by Jared Meidal 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

I'm working in a multiplatform environment. If you need any help with Mac OS testing (10.9, 10.6), I would be happy to help with beta testing. I love seeing native build screenshots and the Mac OS theme integrated. --Jared > -----Original Message----- > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:58:37 -0700 > From: Alex Buchanan <buchanae@...400...> > Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] Inkscape native OSX builds > To: su_v <suv-sf@...58...> > Cc: Inkscape <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> > Message-ID: > <CA+rZ+czbmvRu+oHf_JKWu=7Ttn05OJ51SskuoD-=- > TS4O0QQVw@...401...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > In my experience, it's a bad idea to pile on a bunch of complex changes at > the last minute. It sounds like 0.48.5 is ready to go, and Mac OSX stuff is > still in development. Better to take your time and make sure it's a quality > release. As Adam mentioned, you can still announce that Mac integration is > important and under development and start recruiting beta testers. > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 12:05 PM, su_v <suv-sf@...58...> wrote: > > > On 2014-04-15 19:37 +0100, Krzysztof Kosi?ski wrote: > > > 2014-04-15 19:34 GMT+02:00 su_v <suv-sf@...58...>: > > >> On 2014-04-15 18:53 +0100, Krzysztof Kosi?ski wrote: > > >>> 2014-04-15 16:04 GMT+02:00 Adam Strzelecki <ono@...1858...>: > > >>>> Hello, > > >>>> > > >>>> I was doing some fixing to OSX builds back in 2008. Now I came back > > to see whazzup (since Inkscape is best SVG editor around) and had a chat > > with Valerio (su_v) yesterday. > > >>>> > > >>>> Basically his builds are great improvement to what is there both in > > trunk (OSX builds scripts) and X11 based builds experience. > > >>>> > > >>>> Therefore I strongly encourage Inkscape maintainers to incorporate > > his patches into Inkscape trunk and finally provide native OSX builds. > > >>> > > >>> OK, I can merge these branches, though I can't test them as I have no > > >>> access to OSX. > > >>> > > >>> I note that suv's branch contains some extra extensions in the > > >>> packaging directory. Is this intended? Why are they not in the global > > >>> extension directory? > > >> > > >> Please note: current state of the branch is 'experimental', and I didn't > > >> request a merge at this stage yet. > > > > > > I would really like to get 0.48.5 out of the door this week (e.g. get > > > a tarball uploaded). > > > > > > Should I just release it as is, or wait for further OSX improvements? > > > > Don't know, either (neither option seems really ok). [0] > > > > 1) Current packaging scripts in trunk and in the stable release branch > > don't work to quickly produce a new X11-based package of 0.48.5. [1] > > > > 2) Creating new packages with GTK+/Quartz and better OS integration > > requires changes in 'src' which need to be reviewed, fixed, or written > > (some are missing at the moment). [2] > > > > 3) A possible compromise for 0.48.5 (native backend, but no OS > > integration) might be doable, but would also take time. [3] > > > > > > IIRC - for the stable release branch, after the long delays which had > > occurred in the past, it was decided to not delay a new release itself, > > even if packages for some of the supported platforms are still missing. > > > > How to handle this if creating the missing packages would require > > changes to the released sources, I don't know. > > > > > > Regards, V > > > > > > > > [0] I would not want to be the one who calls for or causes a further > > delay, OTOH if there's another release without OS X packages, this will > > further hurt Inkscape's image among Mac users. > > > > [1] The application launcher which in this case needs to be a binary no > > longer compiles (on 10.6 and later), the precompiled python modules > > which used to be hosted on modevia are gone, the script to fill the app > > bundle is outdated wrt upstream changes and awfully slow, available > > documentation of the build and packaging process it out-of-date (also > > wrt upstream changes in MacPorts, and in newer releases of OS X / Xcode). > > > > [2] These changes in 'src' also need to be verified to not cause issues > > on other platforms (for example the additional modifier added for usage > > in the keymap files). > > > > [3] Does not exist yet (as branch, or patch). In the osxmenu branch, one > > would have to revert the OS integration parts, and its effects on the > > bundle structure & launcher. The resulting package would have less OS > > integration (no support for 'Open with...' or for opening files by > > drag&drop on the Dock icon), and still use 'Ctrl' instead of 'Cmd'. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book > > "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their > > applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, > > this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/NeoTech > > _______________________________________________ > > Inkscape-devel mailing list > > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel > >

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