Hi
may be about community we should get artists involved in promotions of new features. Having sample document made with new features, tutorial or video showing the fun users could have would much interesting than just a list of bugfix. It would mean we'd have a list of volunteer that the release manager would knock few weeks before the release to help things being done on time.
I guess we ca do it. We i was on inkscape-doc i fight to get real description in release notes to healp me document. it took 2 releases to get it but it has been done (even if now they are getting less precise again). There are artists using scribus, it would just mean organize things a bit, just like they are organized for other part (bug hunt...).
we could even do a kind of event somewhere for this :)
cheers pygmee
Community Development
The Inkscape community appears to be quite weak compared to other projects. We discussed a variety of reasons for this and possible solutions.
On my return to Inkscape last year, this struck me as well. It has lessened in number of active members from how it once was way back when. But those involved seem even more dedicated and hard working, so we have a really strong core we can build from, which makes me very enthusiastic about the future.
- The community appears to be quite fragmented due to multiple websites for code, bug-tracker, mailing lists, forums, etc. We should consolidate where possible. There could be better linkage between sites. The Inkscape website still needs to be expanded. For example, there is no page for translators (already fixed since our meeting, thanks Elisa and Martin!). Also, we need make sure that feature requests in the Inkscape forums get aggregated to the developers email list. Martin will try to find someone to volunteer to act as liaison.