On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 12:21:58PM +1000, Michael Wybrow wrote:
In answer to Bryce's original questions, I should be able to commit the connector context functionality to CVS this week.
Great, thanks for the update Michael, good to hear the progress going on despite the problems.
In general, I've found work on Inkscape to take a lot longer than expected. This is mostly the steep learning curve of figuring out the Inkscape internals. I guess since I am working at a canvas manipulation level, rather than on some fairly self-contained sub-section of the code, I need to look at more code to work on things. I've found it to take a long time to figure out *how* to do things, but then the actual code to do it is usually simple or at least not too complex. I'm also finding it interesting and fun too!
I know how this is. :-) Yes, it's quite easy with the Inkscape code to get in over your head, and need a lot of time to just sort it out. Fortunately, Peter's a good guy to help steer you through it.
This is also one of the reasons I'm pushing you four to get your code in; this way over the coming weeks as you run into problems, you will be able to ask for help and point people at your checked-in code for them to tinker with.
In terms of some of the other aims of SoC, I've kind of become the official Mac person for Inkscape, and have taken part in many of the community aspects of the project. Since I've been using a Mac as my development environment I have also been working on OSX packaging for the release and associated bugs and fixes. I've therefore been active on the mailing list, working with the bug tracker, and answering questions on #inkscape, etc.
Yes, I noticed! This is excellent because in the past we've always had trouble with OSX due to lack of developers working on that platform.
Summer of Code is turning out to be quite a valuable experience, and I'm enjoying being a member of the Inkscape development community.
Good to hear! I'm really pleased with how the program is going, too.
Bryce