
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 aaron@...749... wrote:
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 20:38:44 -0600 From: aaron@...749... To: Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...>, Inkscape Devel List inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: SVG compliance? [was Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.44 plans]
Alan Horkan wrote:
This will result in more non SVG markup wont it? :(
Given how following the SVG specification is stated as a primary goal it worries me when things are planned which seem likely to take inkscape further away from that. Sure any extra markup can safely be ignored but with both SVG and OpenDocument (and other existing schemes) providing extensive standards to choose from it seems like there might be better ways to do things than creating more markup which is useful only to Inkscape.
This is not a compliance issue. This is not a compliance issue.
Describe it how you want but how is a more custom markup really a good thing? Is it not taking Inkscape further away from its core goals or should developers revise their stated goals? Are you really just continuing the Sodipodi mindset of using SVG as a means to an end? (That is fine too so long it is clearly stated.)
In response to mental my alternative was not to save the new centre points across sessions (I think the extra step might not really be necessary) avoiding the need for custom markup but still providing the desired functionality.
Also if I'm the only one who thinks creating lots of custom markup is a bad idea and no one is trying to avoid doing it then trying to suggest alternatives all the time will be like swimming upstream.
I had thought Inkscape would gradually use less and less custom markup and make it easier for other software to interoperate (not just view). If you really think it is a good idea to be adding more and more custom inkscape markup that isn't a problem. The issue for me is it doesn't match with perceptions of what I thought Inkscape was about and with the notion of more and more following standards.
Greater clarity of what the developers really have in mind is what I'm asking for. If I better understood what you were trying to do I'd be more likely to accept it than to keep challanging you to explain what seem like minor decisions but could have a larger long term impact.
Sincerely
Alan Horkan