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Build time vs. Dev time extensions
by unknown＠example.com 08 Jun '19

08 Jun '19

Dear developers, Thanks to Tav's for his excellent hackfest overview which related general annoyance about extensions, it pointed to Uniconvertor being a particular issue. I'm sorry I wasn't at the meeting to talk about the issues around packaging extensions more directly. So I'm hoping this email can fill in for that and get some of the information I would have conveyed at the meeting. I won't speak to the API breaking, since Thomas and others have done very good work making sure that the API has greater backwards compatibility and is much less likely to break in older code. (now) But the specific issue here is about how we ship different extensions. There has historically been a fixed relationship between the `share/extensions` directory and what we ship. When we moved the extensions into their own repository, we included the git as a sub module to continue this relationship. But as development has progressed, it's become clear that there's way too much variability to both have a solid extensions project and keep this fixed one to one relationship. Take Uniconvertor as an example. It's a bunch of extensions that call software which must already be installed to work. Which are both important to Inkscape and impossible to corral into a standard code quality framework. They've been moved to[1] so they can be developed separately to provide them with more latitude. Now this breaks the build time assumptions about what is in the share/extensions directory at dev time. Because now we have a situation where packagers are not guaranteed to have all the extensions they may want to ship. But this must be so, because while the core extensions should provide a stable API, the doc callers for the help menu and basic extensions; other extensions are often not written in python, have no tests, don't have code quality checks, use external programs which may not be installed and are even only used on windows (but we ship them to linux users currently). The future of extensions will be the extension-manager[2] which will allow inkscape users to install extra functionality[3] without requiring Inkscape to ship quite so many extensions by default. You can see Uniconvertor extensions packaged on test pypi here for a flavour of what this would look like[4]. (The plan for 1.0 is to ship the manager as a stand alone app that can be installed separately for testing) But before that glorious future; all Inkscape packagers need to be able to bundle in extensions different locations so that they can package in all the things their users will need. This should provide them with far more power to decide what's important than currently, where extensions are denied from installers because of developer reasons. I do not know how packagers wish to do this. Linux packagers may want to link to uniconvertor as a recommends package with it's own dependencies (which would be good). Windows and Mac may want to literally include the code into their distribution. (I'm hoping this email can spark a discussion so we can get the tooling right for all packager types). So far I feel that I've ruffled feathers by removing extensions. But I don't believe that the build time extensions are the same thing as the developer time core extensions and I hope this email goes some way to laying out the logic for this and why it would make the Inkscape project stronger to do it this way. Best Regards, Martin Owens 1. https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extras/extensions-uniconvertor 2. https://gitlab.com/inkscape/extension-manager 3. https://twitter.com/realdoctormo/status/1134107821249847298 4. https://test.pypi.org/project/inkscape-uniconvertor/

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Vectors Meeting (T-Minus 10 hours)
by Ryan Gorley 08 Jun '19

08 Jun '19

Hello All, It's that time of month <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Inkscape+Vectors+…> when we get together and discuss Vectors items. On the agenda are team elections, LGM, fundraising, the new forum, and more. The location is the #team_vectors channel of our chat. For more details visit: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/vectors/general/issues/119 Come join us! Ryan

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Launch Ikscape with default theme
by jEsuSdA 8) 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

Hi! I still making an Inkscape course documentation and I need to do some screenshots. I want the screenshots be as Inkscape default appearance, but I can't do that cause my desktop (Debian GNU/Linux + XFCE) is configured with an icon theme. This theme. So, when I launch Inkscape it looks great with these nice icons, but it is not a good idea to teach newbies using Inkscape screenshots that does not looks like his running inkscapes. How I can start Inkscape ignoring my environment icon theme. Thanks a lot!

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Fwd: Extension request: Auto-generate rectangles based on input values
by Ibrahim Duz 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

Dear dev community members, I am not sure whether this is the right way to ask for it. But I would like to make an extension (feature) request for a client of mine who uses your application. He is using Inkscape on a daily basis and doing a lot of repetitive actions in the program for which we thought an extension would be a good solution to reduce the time in his work. This is basically what he wants: He wants to fill 3 values: Width x Height x Depth (maybe in a popup) Based on these 3 values, 7 rectangles need to be created based on some calculation on the values he entered. I have added an example outcome of what he wants to be produced. All other values can be calculated based on the initial 3 values he enters. Is there anyone from the dev team who can help us out and discuss about the further requirements? Hope to hear from you. Keep up the good work! Kind regards, Ibrahim Duz <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#m_2206815133251637354_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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[deb@...3057...: We want your stickers and your news!]
by Bryce Harrington 29 May '19

29 May '19

Chris, can you touch base with Deb regarding stickers? Michele, can you give Deb a summary of recent news items from Inkscape for the SFC blog? Bryce ----- Forwarded message from Deb Nicholson <deb@...3057...> ----- Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 11:49:16 -0400 From: Deb Nicholson <deb@...3057...> To: project-reps@...3057... Subject: We want your stickers and your news! Hi all, It is about to be "conference season" again. Conservancy will have a booth at OSCON and All Things Open along with some other events over the next six months and maybe you'll also be attending some events? Anyway, we have three quick asks: 1) We'd love to share your project stickers when we table, so please send us some! Just email me and we'll figure out who's closest to you for mailing. 2) If you are low on stickers or materials for your own use, let us know so we can get you squared away well before conference season! We can absolutely re-order stuff like that for you, as long as you've got the artwork on file. 3) We'd love to hear about the events you're attending, talks you're giving or have given and the events you're hosting so we can share them on the monthly "news round-up" posts on our website. Examples here: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/may/28/may2019RU/ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2019/apr/17/apr2019RU/ As always, feel free to reach out with any questions or just to share any plans or ideas you have for promoting your project. We're here to help. Best, Deb -- Deb Nicholson <deb@...3057...> Software Freedom Conservancy ----- End forwarded message -----

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OpenClipart
by unknown＠example.com 29 May '19

29 May '19

Devels, Do we have any details on what happened to OpenClipart.org? It's an important resource for Inkscape users and it's one we have embedded into our software, but has been down for a very long time. Is there anything we can do to help? Best Regards, Martin Owens

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Inkscape 1.0 updated (tentative) release schedule
by Marc Jeanmougin 29 May '19

29 May '19

Hi all! After some discussions at the hackfest we came up with an updated release plan, for a release early september: - As soon as possible: 1.0~alpha2 - Between mid-june and end of june (when toolbar and immediately noticeable bugs are fixed): 1.0~beta - End of June: Feature freeze and 1.0 branch - End of July: String freeze - Between mid-june and mid-august: bug hunt! Early september: release ! Any remarks on this plan are welcome :) -- Mc

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[ANNOUNCE] This mailing list is moving soon!
by Bryce Harrington 29 May '19

29 May '19

The Inkscape project is upgrading its mailing lists, and will be moving off SourceForge on June 8th, 2019. Between now and then, please subscribe to the new lists at to ensure you don't miss any Inkscape discussions. Subscribe to the new list here: https://lists.inkscape.org Bryce

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Hackfest dinner in Saarbrücken
by Tobias Ellinghaus 28 May '19

28 May '19

Hello, on Tuesday, 28th of Mai, the hackfest dinner is planned. I was asked to find some places where to go and came up with the following selection: - a typical local place with local food and good beer: http://www.der-stiefel.de/ - Mexican food: https://www.cafe-especial.com/ There are a ton of other places in that area of the city, but I'd suggest the Stiefel. If you want me to book a table for about 15 people I need to know soon. I'd also need to know a time, maybe 19:30 or 20:00? Tobias

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Issue #195 proposed patch review request
by Guiu Rocafort Ferrer 27 May '19

27 May '19

Hi everyone, I've been looking at this issue for a while, and i believe i found a way to resolve it. I've posted a patch file in the Issue ticket ( https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/issues/195 ). It's a fairly simple fix, but i was wondering if someone could have a look at it, and maybe give some feedback in case something is not right. Thank you Guiu Rocafort

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