Ok, thanks Maren :-) -------------------------------------------------- From: "Maren Hachmann" <ma...@goos-habermann.de> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 3:32 PM To: "Brynn" <br...@frii.com>; <inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] gallery upload quota
> Hi Brynn, > >> Do you mean that Lazur already asked for higher quota? This is > > Your previous message: >> But his reply was a concern about his quota for >> the gallery. > > I took this as a request, so he needn't worry anymore. Thanks for the > link to his profile. > >>> What I think is that else, spammers will soon find out that they can >>> upload anything into a certain category, and we'll have bad Inkscape >>> extensions, keyboard files, filters etc. that don't belong, and a >>> website that doesn't have the capacity to save them all. >> >> I don't quite understand that. I think you took a couple of >> steps in your logic, and only wrote the result. So I'm not sure what >> you mean. > > - The quota exists to prevent people we don't know, and who may > potentially upload malware or use inkscape.org as their own little > 'cloud service' from uploading too much. > > The space on the server is limited. > > If we allow some categories to be exempt from the limitation, people > will notice. Which is, of course, an encouragement for the 'good' > uploads we want to have, but also one for those we do not want. > > And those files can then pool up in the categories that are, in some > way, special, as they are meant not only for looking and admiring, but > also for downloading to people's computers. > > We neither want those categories to be full of files people upload there > because they don't have any space left, nor do we want to loose control > over the disk space. > > If we give people we trust more space on request, no problem. > > Regards, > Maren > >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Maren Hachmann" <ma...@goos-habermann.de> >> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 11:40 AM >> To: <inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net> >> Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] gallery upload quota >> >>> Hi Brynn, >>> >>> currently, I think it's best if they just ask for a raise of the quota >>> (like Lazur did - can you give us a link to his profile so we can do >>> this for the correct user?) >>> >>> What I think is that else, spammers will soon find out that they can >>> upload anything into a certain category, and we'll have bad Inkscape >>> extensions, keyboard files, filters etc. that don't belong, and a >>> website that doesn't have the capacity to save them all. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Maren >>> >>> Am 20.03.2016 um 18:34 schrieb Brynn: >>>> Hi Friends, >>>> An Inkscape user I know (Lazur) has created a number of >>>> resources >>>> and made them available for download. (document templates in the >>>> past, and >>>> more recently, filters) He usually uses Open Clipart for that, but I >>>> suggested putting them on the Inkscape website. >>>> Good idea, right? But his reply was a concern about his >>>> quota for >>>> the gallery. He's not near his quota, but doesn't want the filter >>>> files to >>>> affect it. So I'm wondering if there might already be a way to >>>> address this >>>> situation, through some way I haven't heard about. I suspect that >>>> website >>>> admins have individually increased the quota for certain members >>>> (jabiertxof, e.g.). >>>> Or do we need to regard this as a new issue for discussion >>>> (feature >>>> request "bug" report)? It seems like people who want to create >>>> Inkscape >>>> resources to share) (non-Artwork resources), should be able to upload >>>> them, >>>> without worrying about their quota. >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help :-) >>>> brynn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> Transform Data into Opportunity. >>>> Accelerate data analysis in your applications with >>>> Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. >>>> Click to learn more. >>>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Inkscape-docs mailing list >>>> Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> Transform Data into Opportunity. >>> Accelerate data analysis in your applications with >>> Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. >>> Click to learn more. >>> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Inkscape-docs mailing list >>> Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785231&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
