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Website: Bad Gateway and server errors, even on login
by Maren Hachmann 20 Dec '16

20 Dec '16

Hi Martin, could you have a look at the website? It's giving lots of server errors and Bad Gateway errors, upon trying to upload something (Bryce's pre4 source code), trying to view resources as well as when trying to login. It could be connected to the outages we experienced yesterday, which were related to power failure in some data center, but I suspect that it isn't (or that it would need fixing on the server, at least). Regards, Maren

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-user]website and wiki sites may be off and an all night
by brynn 17 Dec '16

17 Dec '16

Thanks for the info, Maren. I re-titled and sent to the list, in case other are looking for it. I'm about to log off for for awhile. -----Original Message----- From: Maren Hachmann Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2016 12:58 PM To: inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] gradient mesh, multiple nodes, dropper tool > - I got a couple of emails recently about something happening with the > server infrastructure on OSUOSL, so I wasn't surprised that the site was > offline. If it's still offline in a couple of hours, Martin may need to > investigate. I can't do anything about this. - It's definitely a problem in the datacenter. Site is supposed to be back online, but might go offline again until the problem is fixed completely. Regards, Maren ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-user mailing list Inkscape-user(a)lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-user

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] [Inkscape-devel] Winner: About screen contest
by Brynn 28 Nov '16

28 Nov '16

News article announcing winner, needed? I haven't seen Maren for a couple of days, and I think she's been on top of the news articles recently. I could write something brief, if it's needed. ....Although....well, it looks like I do have access to create a new news item now. If I click News in the top menu, then New news, it opens the Django editor. If that's the correct way to do it, I could get started. All best, brynn -------------------------------------------------- From: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...2...> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2016 3:21 PM To: "inkscape-devel" <inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: [Inkscape-devel] Winner: About screen contest > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-devel mailing list > Inkscape-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel >

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about contest entry excluded?
by Brynn 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Just catching up on gallery postings since I've been under the weather last week. I noticed this image: https://inkscape.org/en/~rognu/%E2%98%85inkscape-092 which is not in the contest gallery, but obviously seems to be meant to be in the contest. Awesome image, I probably would have voted for it. Is there some reason it's not in the contest gallery? Submitted too late? Does anyone know the story? Thanks, brynn

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website messaging
by Brynn 03 Nov '16

03 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Is the website messaging system not working? I'm getting a server error, trying to send a message. Not a Comment, but a message. If it's broken, I'll stop trying to send a message. But if it's intermittent, I'll wait a while and try again. It's just that the page showing "Server Error" indicates that it's generating emails, so I don't want to deluge Martin. Thanks, brynn

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comment glitch?
by Brynn 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Not posting bug report yet, in case this might be a known issue, or even a non-issue. I was just posting a comment in the gallery (contest section). After I posted, I wondered if I could edit, and I clicked on the comment number (#3). Then the comment just disappeared. I thought it had been deleted somehow. So I posted another comment. Well, of course, now the first comment has returned, as soon as I submitted the 2nd one. Maybe it's not a major issue, but just in case. Let me know if I can provide further info. Just tested on one of my own images, so I don't mess up someone else's image page. Submitted a comment, then clicked the comment number. Comment disappeared! Refreshing page several times over 5 minutes, it still is missing. I'll keep watching and refreshing, and after 15 min, I'll post another comment, to see what happens. Aargh, I lost track of time. So an hour later, now the comment is showing again. Maybe it's not a problem, but just in case. Thanks, brynn

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contest deadline
by Brynn 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Hi Friends, Nov 13th is the date being circulated as the deadline for the About Screen Contest. For some reason, I thought it was the 8th. I'm thinking it would be good to have the deadline date mentioned on the instructions page. And I would do it myself, except I'm not 100% positive that it's the 13th. If we can confirm the date, I'll add it to the page :-) Thanks, brynn

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prevent email address as username on website?
by Brynn 27 Oct '16

27 Oct '16

Hi Friends, I was just looking at the gallery today, and noticed a new image that's been uploaded. And I happened to notice that the user name is an email address. Is there any way to prevent that? It seems like this has been briefly discussed before, but I don't remember which solution was proposed, if any. Or is it not considered to be a problem? To me, the use of email addresses for username is just another way for spammers to harvest addresses. So it just seems prudent not to contribute to that problem. (Or if nothing else, not to have a lot of spammer traffic). Thanks, brynn

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about screen InkSpace description
by Brynn 22 Oct '16

22 Oct '16

Hi Friends, I was just looking at the About Screen Contest InkSpace page: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/ after Martin asked on the User list if people would test uploading on this page: https://inkscape.org/en/gallery/=about-screen-contest/about-test-contest/ And I noticed the description on the first page, which is: "When the Inkscape team and community is winding down development and preparing to release the next version we invite our artist users to help us make Inkscape stand out by drawing an About Screen. Our goal is to show off what the new version of Inkscape can do in an artistic manner. We don't have a particular theme, but it should be smart, attractive and show off the best you can do in Inkscape." I think the tone reinforces a separation between the user and development communities, so I suggested the following change. However, I would also welcome others to tweak on it, since I'm sure it could be improved even further. (And of course I can't actually perform the edit, because I don't have the right kind of access for that.) "Long time Inkscape users may have noticed that the About screen (Help menu > About) is different for each major version of Inkscape. Traditionally, when development is winding down, and just before each new version is released, the community celebrates by holding a contest to choose a new image for the About screen. The goal is to show off what the new version can do, in an artistic manner, as well as to announce the release (with flair???). Please see [link] for more information." So I eliminated any mentioning of separate communities, explained what the About screen is, and about the contest. I dropped that part about the theme, because it seems to belong more in the instructions for the contest. I don't actually know where the instructions are yet. But if this is where they are supposed to be, then of course it needs a lot more editing! And I added a link to the instructions or other additional info. Please tweak away :-) Thank you very much, brynn

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Re: [Inkscape-docs] Inkscape Floss Manual
by Hinerangi Courtenay 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

Hello Inkscape people! I haven't been active around here for a few months, so sorry for jumping into the conversation like this! (I haven't read all the other digests so please excuse my lack of context.) I saw there's some talk about the English translation I started of the Floss manual in April this year (after seeing somewhere on the Inkscape website that we were waiting for the French manual to be translated). Elisa set it up on flossmanuals.net, and I translated the first few chapters (not the titles though, I didn't have access to them in the editor). Not everything was a straight translation, some things were more of an adaptation – sometimes I reworded/rearranged things to be clearer in English. Unfortunately a few weeks later I had to leave it because of work, but I see Sylvain has made great progress on it though! Sylvain, if you need a hand getting through the rest of the chapters, I can help again – just let me know which ones you'd like me to work on, to avoid editing conflicts. I haven't checked through the translations you've done, would you like me to? I'm a native English speaker :) Cheers,Hinerangi P.S. Seems the mailing list and I are still not friends, I tried sending this email multiple times and it keeps bouncing back :( Hopefully this time it'll work! On Wednesday, 12 October 2016 5:22 PM, "inkscape-docs-request@...122...forge.net" <inkscape-docs-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: Send Inkscape-docs mailing list submissions to inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to inkscape-docs-request(a)lists.sourceforge.net You can reach the person managing the list at inkscape-docs-owner(a)lists.sourceforge.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Inkscape-docs digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Inkscape Floss manual (Brynn) 2. Re: "The next release" page: Update required (Maren Hachmann) 3. Re: "The next release" page: Update required (Maren Hachmann) 4. Re: "The next release" page: Update required (Sylvain Chiron) 5. Re: Inkscape Floss manual (Sylvain Chiron) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:45:55 -0600 From: "Brynn" <brynn@...78...> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] Inkscape Floss manual To: <inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net>, "Sylvain Chiron" <chironsylvain@...102...> Message-ID: <9561CFCBB3BE4E32912CA9AABAF89732@...101...> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original Hi Sylvain, Oh, well I didn't mean to short change you by thinking there were 2 translators. By the tone of Tuxun's message, I thought he (she?) was also translating. Would it be helpful to you, if you just aim for a rough translation, and I can review and "fine tune"? I see that you are doing high quality work, and mostly alone, and I'm trying to think of a way to make it easier for you. (and move the project along at the same time) brynn -------------------------------------------------- From: "Sylvain Chiron" <chironsylvain@...102...> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 12:02 PM To: <inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] Inkscape Floss manual > Hi, and welcome back Mihaela! > (I?m replying only to docs, I think it?s enough.) > > Le 11/10/2016 ? 16:37, Brynn a ?crit : >> Oh wow -- I didn't know we had 2 people working on the >> translation -- that's great! Thank you both :-) > > Well, I think I?m alone actually: > https://fr.flossmanuals.net/start-with-inkscape/_draft/_v/1.0/about-this-bo… > I remember Elisa started by creating most chapters just with the English > name, and putting the translation for the first 4 or 5 chapters, then I > told her that her English is bad ? :/. (I?m faithful to myself, you know.) > I reviewed her texts and added some more translations. > > Actually I?m encountering a few problems in my work, making the > translation process quite hard and long: > * I have to review the original text so that it?s really good in matter > of spelling, typography, HTML consistency, etc.; > * I?m also trying to be rigour with technical terms and uniform with the > current French translation of the software/docs; > * I sometimes had to improve the pictures because they?re blurred, or to > update the screenshots or the text because the manual was started with > 0.48; > * some sentences are hard to understand, have a strange construct, or > sometimes no real meaning, and I have to reflect, change, try, etc.; > * and I?m also trying to improve the ?editorial quality? of the > explanations because I feel it?s weird to translate something that?s not > well-refined (I?m just an amateur translator, you know). > > I should probably aim for a simple review rather than a translation. > Well, I told Elisa I was doing many corrections but wasn?t explicitly > asked for a full and deep review. I?m lacking some initiative here ? :P. > > But the main reasons that explain why I didn?t go far is that I?m a bit > out of Inkscape currently (I will be at least for a few months) and I?ve > always been a bit far from the ?user? point of view maybe ? :P. So I?m > still following what?s going on and I often give my evil opinion but I > won?t involve more unless you regularly say ?hey man, we really need > your exceptional skills right now.? > Hopefully it won?t be the case too often and I?ll have time for my > studies. > >> And thanks for the link. I'll keep track of it this time. > > You?ve got a link to the French book on Inkscape.org: > https://inkscape.org/en/contribute/to-do-list/ > The published version lacks my reviews though. > The drafts are elsewhere? The current French draft is there: > https://fr.flossmanuals.net/initiation-inkscape/_draft/_v/1.0/introduction/ > >> How is it going with the translating? I guess we can only see >> what >> has been translated so far? Does the French version have a page for >> every >> item in the menu on the left? > > Yes, there are something like 62 chapters in French. > I think what you?re calling a ?page? is actually a ?chapter?. For Elisa, > a chapter is a double page, with an explanation on the left, and > illustrations on the right. (But apparently she didn?t use the ?Page > break? button?) > Chapters are organized in sections. > The first 9 chapters are fully translated and should be perfect ? :P ? > while I?m still waiting some opinion from Elisa. > It?s long and exhaustive. > > Sorry for looking exhausted; this book is a very nice base but I?m not > able to deal with it alone, as my personal skills are quite far from the > author?s ones. Help please! > > I could think about reviewing the book in the coming months, one or two > chapters per week, while something else would work on the translation. > I need some feedback or attention regarding my work to go on, unless > it?s quite mechanical such as an usual translation work. > So we could probably have the English manual ready in a year or a bit > more. > > Regards, > -- > Sylvain > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs >

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