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





gimp.themes.org ideas

2001-02-04 Thread Jordan Evatt

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).

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

thanks for your (calm) advice. (i'm also subbed to the list now so no need to cc)
- web'f

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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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