Re: The VDG
On 09/20/2018 09:07 PM, Stef Bon wrote: To start, we need a location on the Internet, starting with documentation, where it's easy to write/create (2d at least) drawings and formulas. Do you agree? We use Phabricator for this--both Maniphest Tasks and also Pholio Mockups (though we're still kind of trying to figure out how to use Pholio!). Do you find that this stuff isn't working out for you? Nate
Re: Call for contributors for Fixture [ Qt5 based raster graphics editor ]
On 09/20/2018 08:10 PM, Kuntal Majumder wrote: Hi On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:27:11 +0530 Nate Graham wrote > People who want Photoshop will always want Photoshop. Not a clone, not a look-alike--only the real thing will do. People who are flexible will learn how to use GIMP--and these days, especially Krita, which is becoming a serious Photoshop competitor for many workflows. My wife uses it for art instead of Photoshop. It's awesome. True, I am not targeting the serious users of Photoshop here, but casual users who only use a smaller set of features which Photoshop offers but the with almost the same UX. > My advice would be to join an existing project to make it even better rather than start a new one. I see that your project has only two contributors. That is a very low bus factor. Experience shows that small projects like these will very likely be abandoned in a few years (sad but true), while larger projects are immortal. Krita is experiencing a real surge of interest right now, and I'm sure the developers would love to have you on board! Check out https://community.kde.org/Krita for more information. Yes, we are only 2 people, that is why I am looking out for contributors who can help. And as far as Krita goes, I do already have a patch into it. ;-D To be honest, It's a little bit inconsiderate to try to entice KDE developers away from contributing to KDE's own offering in favor of yours. Open source development resources are always very limited, which is why it's so important that we collaborate wherever possible rather than reinventing the wheel. It's great that you've gotten started with Krita development! The project can always use more talented developers who are passionate about the subject. If you think Krita has UI issues that impair users migrating from Photoshop, I suspect that's something the developers would like to hear about. You may discover that they share your goals. :) Nate
Re: Call for contributors for Fixture [ Qt5 based raster graphics editor ]
Hi On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 02:27:11 +0530 Nate Graham wrote > People who want Photoshop will always want Photoshop. Not a clone, not a > look-alike--only the real thing will do. People who are flexible will learn > how to use GIMP--and these days, especially Krita, which is becoming a > serious Photoshop competitor for many workflows. My wife uses it for art > instead of Photoshop. It's awesome. True, I am not targeting the serious users of Photoshop here, but casual users who only use a smaller set of features which Photoshop offers but the with almost the same UX. > My advice would be to join an existing project to make it even better rather > than start a new one. I see that your project has only two contributors. > That is a very low bus factor. Wxperience shows that small projects like > these will very likely be abandoned in a few years (sad but true), while > larger projects are immortal. Krita is experiencing a real surge of interest > right now, and I'm sure the developers would love to have you on board! > Check out https://community.kde.org/Krita for more information. Yes, we are only 2 people, that is why I am looking out for contributors who can help. And as far as Krita goes, I do already have a patch into it. ;-D Thanks Kuntal M
Re: Call for contributors for Fixture [ Qt5 based raster graphics editor ]
Hi On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 01:14:50 +0530 Jaroslaw Staniek wrote > > Thanks for contacting the KDE community, Kuntal! Everyone can to the NIH > route but since you reach the KDE community, this would be my first > technical advice: look at ways of using KF5 instead of implementing its > functionality like any non-trivial Qt app would have to do anyway. Sure, we are currently looking to use KImageFormats to expand out ability to import multiple file types. > And since Linux is a cancer... consider joining KDE - use the KDE > infrastructure instead of MS infra :) Who is using MS infra here? :P Thanks Kuntal M
Re: Call for contributors for Fixture [ Qt5 based raster graphics editor ]
People who want Photoshop will always want Photoshop. Not a clone, not a look-alike--only the real thing will do. People who are flexible will learn how to use GIMP--and these days, especially Krita, which is becoming a serious Photoshop competitor for many workflows. My wife uses it for art instead of Photoshop. It's awesome. My advice would be to join an existing project to make it even better rather than start a new one. I see that your project has only two contributors. That is a very low bus factor. Wxperience shows that small projects like these will very likely be abandoned in a few years (sad but true), while larger projects are immortal. Krita is experiencing a real surge of interest right now, and I'm sure the developers would love to have you on board! Check out https://community.kde.org/Krita for more information. Nate On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 11:57:48 -0700 Kuntal Majumder wrote > Hi > I am Kuntal, as a Linux evangelist, when I try to convince someone to use > Linux, most of the time I face questions like "Does Linux support > Photoshop?", at the end of the day the discussion mostly concludes with "You > can use Gimp or Krita". Both though pretty powerful have a very different > workflow compared to Photoshop for which most people are reluctant to switch > to Linux even though they require a pretty small set of features from what > Photoshop offers. So a couple us are trying to build a raster graphics > editor which looks and behaves similar to Photoshop with the help of Qt5. > But thanks to our inexperience, every now and then we are facing roadblocks > for which we rewrote the stuff a couple of times. We would love some help > from you guys, better if you can correct us where we are going wrong. > You can find the source code here[1]. > > Thanks > Kuntal M > > [1] https://github.com/eyeon/Fixture > >
Re: Call for contributors for Fixture [ Qt5 based raster graphics editor ]
Thanks for contacting the KDE community, Kuntal! Everyone can to the NIH route but since you reach the KDE community, this would be my first technical advice: look at ways of using KF5 instead of implementing its functionality like any non-trivial Qt app would have to do anyway. And since Linux is a cancer... consider joining KDE - use the KDE infrastructure instead of MS infra :) On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 20:58, Kuntal Majumder wrote: > Hi > I am Kuntal, as a Linux evangelist, when I try to convince someone to use > Linux, most of the time I face questions like "Does Linux support > Photoshop?", at the end of the day the discussion mostly concludes with > "You can use Gimp or Krita". Both though pretty powerful have a very > different workflow compared to Photoshop for which most people are > reluctant to switch to Linux even though they require a pretty small set of > features from what Photoshop offers. So a couple us are trying to build a > raster graphics editor which looks and behaves similar to Photoshop with > the help of Qt5. But thanks to our inexperience, every now and then we are > facing roadblocks for which we rewrote the stuff a couple of times. We > would love some help from you guys, better if you can correct us where we > are going wrong. > You can find the source code here[1]. > > Thanks > Kuntal M > > [1] https://github.com/eyeon/Fixture > > -- regards, Jaroslaw Staniek KDE: : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org KEXI: : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi http://twitter.com/kexi_project https://facebook.com/kexi.project Qt Certified Specialist: : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek
Call for contributors for Fixture [ Qt5 based raster graphics editor ]
Hi I am Kuntal, as a Linux evangelist, when I try to convince someone to use Linux, most of the time I face questions like "Does Linux support Photoshop?", at the end of the day the discussion mostly concludes with "You can use Gimp or Krita". Both though pretty powerful have a very different workflow compared to Photoshop for which most people are reluctant to switch to Linux even though they require a pretty small set of features from what Photoshop offers. So a couple us are trying to build a raster graphics editor which looks and behaves similar to Photoshop with the help of Qt5. But thanks to our inexperience, every now and then we are facing roadblocks for which we rewrote the stuff a couple of times. We would love some help from you guys, better if you can correct us where we are going wrong. You can find the source code here[1]. Thanks Kuntal M [1] https://github.com/eyeon/Fixture
Re: papercut keyword for bug.kde.org
El dijous, 20 de setembre de 2018, a les 19:54:16 CEST, Boudewijn Rempt va escriure: > On donderdag 20 september 2018 19:29:11 CEST Albert Astals Cid wrote: > > El dijous, 20 de setembre de 2018, a les 16:28:48 CEST, Boudewijn Rempt va > escriure: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Would there be any problem with adding the 'papercut' keywoard to the set > > > of keywoards we can use, like regression, release_blocker and so on? > > > > What would be the difference between papercut and junior-job? > > > > A papercut can be really complicated to fix, code-wise, while a junior-job > should be straight-forward and easy. So the paper cut is then a usability improvement? We have an usability keyword too. Cheers, Albert
Re: papercut keyword for bug.kde.org
On donderdag 20 september 2018 19:29:11 CEST Albert Astals Cid wrote: > El dijous, 20 de setembre de 2018, a les 16:28:48 CEST, Boudewijn Rempt va escriure: > > Hi, > > > > Would there be any problem with adding the 'papercut' keywoard to the set > > of keywoards we can use, like regression, release_blocker and so on? > > What would be the difference between papercut and junior-job? > A papercut can be really complicated to fix, code-wise, while a junior-job should be straight-forward and easy. -- https://www.valdyas.org | https://www.krita.org
KDE will have a booth at ELC Europe
Hi, As you know by now, KDE will have a booth at the Embedded Linux Conference which will be held in Edinburgh. We'll be showcasing all things KDE for embedded: phones, SBCs, netbooks, IVI devices, etc.. https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/elc-openiot-europe-2018/ We are looking for volunteers to help us staff the booth and pull everything together: https://phabricator.kde.org/T8170 If you would like to help out, please get in touch or join the task and let us know through the comments. If you want to help promote this event, here is a directory with banners: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tVyhBaMP5u4u3H1Xmm-cUA73LdcIx36g Thanks and cheers, Paul -- Promotion & Communication www: http://kde.org Mastodon: https://mastodon.technology/@kde Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kde/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdecommunity signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
papercut keyword for bug.kde.org
Hi, Would there be any problem with adding the 'papercut' keywoard to the set of keywoards we can use, like regression, release_blocker and so on? -- https://www.valdyas.org | https://www.krita.org
