Additional Information for Packagers:
If you are building inkscape packages for the release, then you can ask the website team to increase your quota on the website, allowing you to upload large files.
When you do, we ask for you to keep an eye on the number of packages you upload. For a release I'm budgeting ten or so release packages per major platform. If your platform releases more than that, let me know so I can assess and purge some of the older files (it has to be done manually and the webserver's disk isn't huge)
The advantage of using the website is that the costing is consistent, it's supported by a nice CDN and you can (and we strongly encourage you to) add gpg signatures (or md5 signatures) to your uploads to give them some verification that they've not been messed with.
Best Regards, Martin Owens Inkscape Website
On Sun, 2016-10-09 at 02:38 +0200, Eduard Braun wrote:
Just a quick follow-up: NSIS creates an installer, too, now. A first experimental package is available at [4]. I fixed it to work for 32bit and 64bit builds as well as btool and cmake builds in r15103 [5]. This also fixes all issues I discovered with NSIS 3.0, so the new version can be used now, too. [4] http://download.tuxfamily.org/inkscape/win64/Inkscape-0.92pre1-x6 4-1.exe [5] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/0.92.x/revisio n/15103 Am 08.10.2016 um 20:22 schrieb Eduard Braun:
Seeing that Victor is still struggling with building and even downloading the code I had a first look at packaging the current 0.92.x branch for Windows myself. Since I recently joined Nicolas in creating nightly builds and updating devlibs I have a pretty good idea of which files need to be bundled... The .msi installer (via WiX) technically works with my changes from r15100 [1]. A first experimental package is available at [2]. What has to be done is checking if all files are properly installed and the (individually installable) components have to be checked and adjusted where needed. At the very least locales have changed their location (from /locale to /share/locale) The .exe installer (via NSIS) has a lot more problems (some I already addressed in r15101 [3]) and does not compile yet. A large part of the work to be done is probably adjusting file locations. However (if I'm not mistaken) some additional fixes are needed to account for 64-bit builds and path changes due to CMake. I'd be happy to continue working on this but some help would definitely be welcome! Regards, Eduard [1] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/0.92.x/revis ion/15100 [2] http://download.tuxfamily.org/inkscape/win64/inkscape-0.92pre1- x64.msi [3] http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/0.92.x/revis ion/15101
Am 07.10.2016 um 16:37 schrieb Partha Bagchi:
On Windows, you can simply navigate to https://code.launchpad.net /~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk -> browse the code -> view rivision -> download tarball.
Use 7z to untar.
This will get you the latest code from launchpad.
HTH, Partha
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Victor Westmann <victor.westmann @gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Bryce and team,
Thank you for your kind words.
I struggled a bit to get the source code of Inkscape on my machine so I made sure to reflect actions to be taken when Windows newcomers get to the Wiki.
Will follow it through and as I follow more troubles, and hopefully how to overcome them, I'll write it down in the wiki. :)
Thanks!
--Victor Westmann
2016-10-05 10:01 GMT-07:00 Bryce Harrington <bryce@...3431... ton.org>:
On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 07:43:11PM -0700, Victor Westmann wrote:
Hi there,
I can do my best to try to assist in creating an installer
for Windows. I'm
a long time Windows user.
Thanks for lending a hand on this.
- However I'm not sure I can generate the binaries of the
Inkscape on
Windows platform (the easiest path, or at least so it
seemed at first
sight, was to compile Inkscape on Windows through Visual
Studio. But it
demanded some paid plugin (GDB) to make it work...) myself.
Any thoughts on
this?
There's a wiki page explaining how to build Inkscape on Windows using mingw:
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Compiling_Inkscap e_on_Windows
That should get you more on the right path. I see it describes building using cmake, so hopefully the page isn't too out of date. Don't be shy about updating the page to include more accurate directions where needed.
I suspect many of the past folks who have done Windows builds in the past are still around, so also don't be shy about asking for (or offering) help to anyone else that pops up to work on it. If you look at the bzr log for the Windows-specific build files you can identify specific people worth contacting and their email addresses.
- Tell me what steps should be taken and I'll try to help.
I love these
contests. Really good material comes from them almost
always. :-)
Let me know how I can be useful for the team.
Thanks again Victor, Bryce
--Victor Westmann
2016-10-04 19:28 GMT-07:00 Martin Owens <doctormo@...400... :
> Thanks Bryce, > > As discussed on IRC, I'm taking the backport-proposed
list off your
g=backport-pro
> posed > > And I might be able to run the screen contest. So long as
I don't step
> on Josh's toes and I can get (or we already have)
password for the
> inkscape group on deviantArt. (or Josh if you can make me
co-owner of
> the group) > > Best Regards, Martin Owens > > On Tue, 2016-10-04 at 18:06 -0700, Bryce Harrington
wrote:
> > A number of different things need to be done to get the
release out
> > the > > door, but presently these are the top priorities: > > > > 1. Packaging for Windows and OSX - Has anyone taken
a shot at
> > doing > > Windows or OSX packaging for the snapshot
releases? I'm
> > worried > > when we get to the point of doing the release
announcement, we
> > may > > not have packages supporting all platforms. I
would be ok if
> > we > > end up having the initial release be Linux-only
but I know most
> > people would be disappointed if we don't have
simultaneous
> > platform support. > > > > *** We need volunteers to work on/coordinate
packaging for each
> > of > > these platforms. If no volunteers are
available then we'll
> > drop that platform from the release
announcement plans.
> > > > 2. DPI Scaling bug #1389723 - This appears to be the
last serious
> > regression that really *has* to be fixed for the
release. Good
> > news is that there is already a proposed fix and
a plan in
> > place > > for resolving it. There is no named assignee,
although several
> > people have been working on it. But right now it
needs more
> > eyes > > to review and test it, with a particular look at
usability and
> > how > > the fix will be accepted by affected users. > > > > *** We need a core developer to take a
coordinational role for
> > this bug and help shepherd the proposed
patches to a
> > resolution. No particular experience with
the problem is
> > needed, just available time to test, track
remaining
> > issues, > > and chase down people to address them. > > > > 3. Disable unstable features, bug #1589340 - I've
landed most of
> > the > > proposed changes, but there is one more to do
(comment #11,
> > essentially re-introduce the fix for bug
#619903).
> > > > *** We need someone to apply the fix for bug
#619903 to the
> > 0.92 > > branch. If no volunteers are available, then
I'll take
> > care > > of it when I get some time. > > > > 4. Fonts not shown in font manager (Win32), bug
#1416674 - This
> > is platform-specific on Windows but appears to be
relatively
> > bad > > for folks. Its not a 0.92 regression but was a
regression on
> > 0.91. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a
clear path to a
> > fix, and we do not have an assignee for the bug. > > > > *** We need someone to record this bug as a Known
Issue in the
> > release notes. > > *** We need a skilled developer to investigate
the bug,
> > identify a > > solution, and volunteer to be the assignee
for the bug. If
> > no > > volunteers are available, I'll drop this as a
release
> > blocker. > > > > 5. About screen - Josh and Martin were coordinating
work on a
> > contest > > here, but I don't think it got kicked off. I
understand Josh
> > has > > been quite tied up with other issues, so perhaps
someone could
> > volunteer to assist with the grunt work of
getting this off the
> > ground? I think there's still going to be
adequate time to do
> > a > > contest if it gets going soonish but I don't want
to delay the
> > release on it; worst case we can just rev the
number on 0.91's
> > about screen. > > > > *** We need someone to volunteer to assist here,
or possibly to
> > take over the task of organizing the contest. > > *** We need someone to meanwhile rev the current
about screen
> > number to 0.92, in case the contest can't be
done.
> > > > > > 6. The Release Notes look pretty good, but as we
near to the
> > release > > we need to finish reviewing and copyediting, and
make sure all
> > new > > features are adequately described: > > > > http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_n
otes/0.92
> > > > > > 7. New snapshot release - I've been procrastinating
on this since
> > I'm > > not sure anyone's actually packaging them, but
I'll try and get
> > another one out soon. > > > > > > I'll followup on these items some time next week, so if
you can
> > volunteer for any of the above items by then please do
so, else we'll
> > have to start going with the plan B's one some of them. > > > > Bryce > > > > > > > > > > # Period Tasks > > > > -----------------------------------------------------
> > ------------- > > √1. Open development. > > √ Implement new build system > > √ Begin switching packaging to use
new build
> > system > > > > 2. Chill. √ Development focuses on wrapping
up
> > √ Post inkscape-0.92-pre0.tar.gz > > √ Disable features that aren't
finished
> > √ Identify 'make distcheck' issues > > √ Identify remaining writing
needed for Release
> > Notes. > > √ Identify any release blocker
bugs [scislac]
> > √ Recruit Release Wardens for Hard
Freeze
> > > > 3. Frost. √ Only production-ready code
committed to
> > Mainline > > Finalize any major changes to
platform
> > packaging > > Inkscape must pass 'make
distcheck'
> > √ Finalize Release Notes except
Known Issues
> > Start an About Screen contest > > √ Post additional inkscape-0.92-
pre*.tar.gz
> > releases > > Packagers test creating pkgs of
the -pre*
> > releases > > > > 4. Freeze. √ Stable Branch is forked from
Mainline
> > √ Regular development resumes on
Mainline.
> > Only Release Wardens can commit
to Stable
> > Branch > > √ Cherrypick bug fixes from
Mainline to Stable
> > √ Complete any late work under
advisement of
> > Wardens > > Focus on release-critical bug
fixing.
> > String Freeze √ No further string changes
allowed on Stable
> > Branch. > > √ Translators work on
translations.
> > √ Finalize all extensions > > √ Finalize codebase translations > > Finalize about screen > > Finalize Known Issues section of
Release Notes
> > Finalize packaging scripts > > Post additional inkscape-0.92-
pre*.tar.gz
> > releases > > > > 5. Release. Post inkscape-0.92.tar.gz to
website launchpad
> > project page > > Post Windows build, MSI or EXE
installer to
> > website > > Post MacOSX build, dmg installer
to website
> > Make Debian build available in
stable ppa or
> > distribution archive > > Make Fedora build available in
stable yum repo
> > or distribution archive > > Post official announcements > > Plan 0.92.1+ release(s), if
needed
> > > > 6. Open development. > > > > > > > > -----------------------------------------------------
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