Re: [Gimp-user] release date(s) gimp PR problems

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Void lon iXaarii wrote: PS: gimp seems to me like dead software for the simple reason that the gimp.org seems to be very un-updated: I agree there are problems with the website. Something should happen soon, but unfortunately I have no idea what that will be. Currently, no-one is working on

[Gimp-user] Help docs online

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi everyone, I haven't seen this link sent to the lists yet, so I figured people would be interested. The in-progress GIMP 2 docs are built from sources and available online (thanks to Roman Joost, the docs maintainer) here: http://www.kuhcampus.de/~roman/gimp-help-2/C/ Suggestions for

Re: [Gimp-user] Help docs online

2004-03-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The in-progress GIMP 2 docs are built from sources and available online (thanks to Roman Joost, the docs maintainer) here: http://www.kuhcampus.de/~roman/gimp-help-2/C/ I think we should somehow get this setup at http://manual.gimp.org/. When GIMP-2.0

Re: [Gimp-user] Help docs online

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Sven Neumann wrote: I think we should somehow get this setup at http://manual.gimp.org/. When GIMP-2.0 is out, the GIMP User Manual written by Karin and Olof will be pretty much outdated and should IMHO be replaced by the help written for GIMP-2.0. What do you think? Sounds like a good idea.

Re: [Gimp-user] release date(s) gimp PR problems

2004-03-08 Thread Thomas Spuhler
On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 05:16, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Void lon iXaarii wrote: PS: gimp seems to me like dead software for the simple reason that the gimp.org seems to be very un-updated: I agree there are problems with the website. Something

Re: [Gimp-user] release date(s) gimp PR problems

2004-03-08 Thread Harish Narayanan
Sven Neumann wrote: I don't understand why people are ignoring this offer but it looks as if noone is interested in the gimp.org web presence. This is a shame since the new site is in my opinion already a lot better than the current www.gimp.org. So perhaps someone on this list wants to help to

Re: [Gimp-user] Press pack requests

2004-03-08 Thread Alan Horkan
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Dave Neary wrote: Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:31:53 +0100 From: Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gimp Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED], GIMPUser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] Press pack requests Hi all, The 2.0 release is getting closer, and there are still

Re: [Gimp-user] Press pack requests

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi Alan, Alan Horkan wrote: - Could native english speakers who have a few minutes please look at the What's new in GIMP 2.0 page (http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/WhatsNew) and correct any grammar problems? The document starts with a TODO note that hopefully will be removed Eventually :) Thanks for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: [Gimp-user] The GIMP Foundation

2004-03-08 Thread Daniel Rogers
On Mar 8, 2004, at 8:25 AM, Kelly Martin wrote: Dave Neary wrote: Daniel Rogers wrote: Avoid self-dealing. What's this? Self-dealing is whenever the people who control the organization command the organization to do business with themselves in their personal capacity. Self-dealing tears the

Re: [Gimp-user] release date(s) gimp PR problems

2004-03-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Thomas Spuhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree with you that the mmmaybe.gimp.org site looks much better than the original. But also this one looks outdated. It probably will be difficult to find anybody using DocBook/xml Don't confuse things, please. DocBook/XML is used for

Re: [Gimp-user] Press pack requests

2004-03-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi Alan, the idea of a Wiki is that you edit the page directly. I think that would be easier and more helpful than commenting on it. Perhaps we should have made this clear... weird. mozilla (at the top of the browser tab) says the following screenshot is PNG

Re: [Gimp-user] Press pack requests

2004-03-08 Thread raymond ostertag
Le lun 08/03/2004 à 17:38, Dave Neary a écrit : However as a user I'm fascinated by part of the closing statement Gimp can already do many things that are difficult or impossible with Photoshop and I would love if the author or anyone else could elaborate on this. It would make a very

[Gimp-user] 3D Image

2004-03-08 Thread Alf C Stockton
I have a flat image to which I wish to add a border to make it look 3d. Please tell me how to do this. I would like the border to be outside the actual image so that all of the original image is still showing. --- Regards, Alf Stocktonwww.stockton.co.za An Englishman never enjoys himself,

[Gimp-user] building pre4 on Mandrake 9.2

2004-03-08 Thread Thomas Spuhler
I am trying to build an rpm on Mandrake 9.2 but get the following major errors: + exit 0 Processing files: gimp-devel-2.0pre4-1 error: File not found by glob: /home/international/rpmbuild/tmp/gimp-2.0pre4-root/usr/lib/*.so error: File not found by glob:

Re: [Gimp-user] building pre4 on Mandrake 9.2

2004-03-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Thomas Spuhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to build an rpm on Mandrake 9.2 but get the following major errors: Are you trying to use the included spec file? That is not going to work, it is Fedora specific. You will need to use a spec file for Mandrake. And don't expect the

Re: [Gimp-user] building pre4 on Mandrake 9.2

2004-03-08 Thread Thomas Spuhler
On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 12:08, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, Thomas Spuhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am trying to build an rpm on Mandrake 9.2 but get the following major errors: Are you trying to use the included spec file? That is not going to work, it is Fedora specific. Yes, that is

[Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 18, Issue 6

2004-03-08 Thread Jared Thompson
who does the website? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Send Gimp-user mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Gimp-user Digest, Vol 18, Issue 6

2004-03-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Jared Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: who does the website? Sorry, but what exactly are you trying to ask? What web-site? What do you mean when you say 'who does the website'? I think I explained the situation about the different GIMP websites earlier today. Perhaps you want to read

[Gimp-user] Press pack requests

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi all, The 2.0 release is getting closer, and there are still some thing missing from the press pack we want to send out. - Could native english speakers who have a few minutes please look at the What's new in GIMP 2.0 page (http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/WhatsNew) and correct any grammar

[Gimp-user] Re: [Gimp-developer] Press pack requests

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi again, Dave Neary wrote: - If anyone would like to donate an article on The GIMP 2.0, it is most welcome (this might also be a source of revenue for funding if magazines re-print it). Speaking of magazines, that reminds me of one thing we have not done. I have started a new page in

Re: [Gimp-user] Help docs online

2004-03-08 Thread Henrik Brix Andersen
Hi, On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 13:54, Dave Neary wrote: Sven Neumann wrote: I think we should somehow get this setup at http://manual.gimp.org/. When GIMP-2.0 is out, the GIMP User Manual written by Karin and Olof will be pretty much outdated and should IMHO be replaced by the help written

[Gimp-user] The GIMP Foundation

2004-03-08 Thread Daniel Rogers
Hello again, It has been awhile since I have done a GIMP Foundation update. There is quite a bit that must be decided on at this point. Also, people need to decide how invovled they would like to be. Summary: My Goals, Benefits of incorporation responsibilites of those invovled things to be

[Gimp-user] more gimp foundation stuff

2004-03-08 Thread Daniel Rogers
Here is few notes to address a few more concerns I have encountered, I'll pose them retorically. 1. I heard that some people have been asked to be on the board, why weren't the developers consulted? I'm a developer, why wasn't I asked? Who are these board members? In California every corporation

Re: [Gimp-user] The GIMP Foundation

2004-03-08 Thread Dave Neary
Daniel Rogers wrote: Avoid self-dealing. What's this? Be honest. Is this true of every board? Even Halliburton? 1. Will TGF have members? I am talking about members with voting privledges, like I described above. (my vote is yes, btw) Yes. 2. Should the membership be paid? (my vote is

[Gimp-user] Re: [Gimp-developer] The GIMP Foundation

2004-03-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Nathan Carl Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In my mind one of the major reasons to have a Gimp Foundation is to put all of our IP ducks in a row. As I've said before I don't think that having contributors sign over copyright to TGF would be the best plan. Instead, I would like to see