Hi again Inkscape development team,
As I really appreciate the tool you're developping, I'd really like to contribute, as soon as my home internet connection is up again.
So I guess I'll try to submit tons of bug reports and at least the same amount of RFE (subliminal message : as I'm sometime hobbying with mapmaking, I'm really waiting for the layer features....), but I feel that something is missing in your website/wiki : a clear contribution wishlist.
Your web site clearly mentions you welcome new code, patchs, bug reports, RFE, translations, articles (etc); you also exhibit a clear roadmap, but in fact there's something missing for people like me (that would really appreciate to help, but are poor coders/graphists...) : some contribution guidelines. Some clearly stated multifunctional (ie not only technical) needs, for example on a dedicated wiki page...
I'd really like to face a list of small/modest but valuable tasks for the improvement of the software, on which current team can't focus due to lack of time.
Regards,
Matiphas
PS I had thought of something like this (can be presented as an array ?): List of needs :
* Docs (in text/html/svg/openoffice formats): - user manual in English, plus translations : (French, German, Spanish, Russion, Slovak, Italian...) - FAQ in English, plus translations : (French, German, Spanish, Russion, Slovak, Italian...) - tutorials - update of internationalization of the following languages....
* Tests - System/Subsystem requirement document - Test plan / test items plus traceability matrix linked to the specifications - Tests (results) on the following architectures (Linux, BSD, Win, MacOS, Solaris...)
etc etc