Re: gimp.themes.org ideas

2001-02-05 Thread Marc Lehmann

On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 10:17:36PM -0800, "Carl B. Constantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> I think the plug-ins and scripts should also go here, if this site is to be
> created. Otherwise, better organization and keeping things current at
> gimp.org would be appreciated.

We have:

registry.gimp.org - maybe soon to be revamped, web-repository
plugins.gimp.org  - home for plugins, no web-repository

Before adding a third repository (or maybe while adding a third one) we
should first combine efforts, even if this means to just give up one or two,
or totally change their goal.

Distributing scripts over two or more sites, for example, is IMHO bad. IT
might be an evulutionary process, but at first this means users would need to
look at both places.

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Re: gimp.themes.org ideas

2001-02-05 Thread Sven Neumann

Hi,

Jordan Evatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> hey guys. we at themes.org are creating gimp.themes.org (you knew it was coming). i 
>was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas for what should go on it. i just 
>got through talking to #gimp, and here's what i have so far:
> 
> a) don't create a separate repository for plugins and scripts
> b) things like patterns / gradients / brushes are good
> c) tutorial section probable, but some want that to stay at tutorials.gimp.org
> 
> i guess i emailed because of the plugin issue. would you mind if we did create a new 
>repository? it seems to me that people would be more willing to visit gimp.themes.org 
>and click "plugins" and go to the big repository (i could upload all of the existing 
>ones), then having to wade through gimp.org's repository. i'm not trying to make a 
>"we get more hits than you so lets move the repository to our site" flame war, i just 
>want some suggestions (in the nice way).

First of all, I would be more happy if finally someone (or better, a group 
of people) would show up who want to redo gimp.org. The web-site needs an
overhaul urgently and I don't think creating new gimp sites will help us
with this task.

The plug-in issue is special since we want to rethink the way plug-ins are
developed, maintained and distributed. The key for a new better plug-in
system is a description format for plug-ins that fulfills the needs of 
developers, webmasters and users. This issue should be discussed here on 
this list. I talked to Ingo, the creator and maintainer of the infamous 
plug-in registry, recently and he is willing to revamp the registry once 
we have settled on such a description format.

I heard several people have already made plans for a better plug-in system
but I'm still waiting for this ideas to show up here.

> also the tutorials. included in the tutorials would be everything we have standard 
>on all the other sites, like the documentation for installation and 
>configuration/setup. it wouldn't be that bad of an idea to me to put some of tigert's 
>tutorials (with due credit) on there as well for quick access.
> 
> i'm pretty sure i'm gonna be the project manager of gimp.t.o whenever we get it 
>drawn up. so this is why i want suggestions... SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS!! NOW!! GIVE 
>ME!! :P
> 

Noone can stop you from doing gimp.t.o, but in a perfect world, you'd 
better put that energy into gimp.org. Just my 2 cents.


Salut, Sven





Re: gimp.themes.org ideas

2001-02-04 Thread Carl B. Constantine

On 2/4/2001 19:28, Jordan Evatt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> hey guys. we at themes.org are creating gimp.themes.org (you knew it was
> coming). i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or ideas for what
> should go on it. i just got through talking to #gimp, and here's what i have
> so far:
> 
> a) don't create a separate repository for plugins and scripts
> b) things like patterns / gradients / brushes are good
> c) tutorial section probable, but some want that to stay at tutorials.gimp.org
> 
> i guess i emailed because of the plugin issue. would you mind if we did create
> a new repository? it seems to me that people would be more willing to visit
> gimp.themes.org and click "plugins" and go to the big repository (i could
> upload all of the existing ones), then having to wade through gimp.org's
> repository. i'm not trying to make a "we get more hits than you so lets move
> the repository to our site" flame war, i just want some suggestions (in the
> nice way).

I like the idea myself. Quite frankly, I think tutorials should be put here
too. Even amalgamate all tutorials on the gimp here (with the author's
permission of course) then it's a one stop shop.

I go to various t.o. Sites all the time and would definitely do so for the
gimp as well.

I think the plug-ins and scripts should also go here, if this site is to be
created. Otherwise, better organization and keeping things current at
gimp.org would be appreciated.


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