We cannot predict exactly what contributors to Inkscape will wish to
work on, so expect details to vary, but the following is a rough
indication of where we'd like to take the codebase.
| 0. Project Initiation [DONE] |
0.34 |
- Set up mailing lists, website, and sourceforge.
- Register domain name. Import codebase and rename to 'inkscape'.
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| 1. Get Codebase C++-Ready [DONE] |
0.35 |
- Set CC=g++ and fix all the bugs. (Easily said!)
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| 2. Interface Redesign [DONE] |
0.36 |
- Add ample keyboard shortcuts & improve dialog usability
- Convert codebase from CSDI to SDI; change toolbox to toolbars
- Add preliminary support for a few new features like layers &
arrowheads.
- Maintain gcc and g++ compatibility
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| 3. C++ Conversion & Codebase Cleanup [DONE] |
0.37 |
- Set g++ as the compiler & rename all .c files to .cpp
- Document the code
- Create a Gtkmm-based dialog for editing layers
- Implement a C++/Gtkmm grid system.
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| 4. Bug Hunt [DONE] |
0.38 |
- Focus on reported bugs.
- Reduce ratio of open/total bugs from 33% to 10%
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| 5. Pango Architectural Change [DONE] |
0.39 |
- This changes how font rendering works by replacing libnrtype
by Pango.
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| 6. Features and Fixes [DONE] |
0.40 |
- Implement several popular feature requests, including
layers, text-on-path, text-flow, bitmap tracing, console
redirect (win32 warnings), etc.
- Improve Shapes to full maturity compared with other drawing
apps
- Add Boehm garbage collector and new dependencies for the gtkmm work.
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| 7. Bugfix Release [DONE] |
0.41 |
- Fix 150 "points" worth of bugs.
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| 8. GtkMM Architectural Change |
0.42 |
- Convert objects to Gtkmm to help abstract the codebase so it's
easier to maintain and extend.
- Dialogs redevelopement and HIG-Compliance Review.
- Make all dialogs remember on/off status across sessions
- Create a complete default icon/cursor set [bb]
- Preferences dialog
- Convert to Gtkmm, Redesign so it's not tabs-in-tabs
- Redesign Object Properties dialog
- Implement a layer management dialog
- Layers Shortcuts
- Layers > Groups. Groups > Layers. All layer locking and hiding
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| 9. Design Extension Architecture |
0.43 |
- Establishes a new mechanism for how
features are added and maintained in the codebase.
- Clipboard Improvements
- Extension Infrastructure improvements and Example Extension package.
- Metadata/RDF support for clipart, etc.
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| 10. RFE's & Extensions Implementation |
0.44 |
- Implement extension API, registry, dialogs, etc.
- Reduce open/total RFE ratio from to 75%
- Implement extension API, registry, and preferences
- Implement on-canvas editing of gradients, patterns, and masks
- Add Hyperlinking
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| 11. Import/Export Feature Enhancements |
0.45 |
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| 12. Style Refactoring |
0.46 |
- Eliminate use of the style.h types
- Editable Toolbars
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| 13. Bug Hunt & RFE's |
0.47 |
- Reduce open/total RFE ratio to 50%
- Reduce open/total bug ratio to 5%
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| 14. Drawing Feature Enhancements |
0.48 |
- Object-to-object snapping / Snap points
- Enhanced Grid system
- Inter-application copy+paste, drag+drop
- Clipart manager Gui
- Hyperlinking / Load-from-URL
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| 15. Style Rewrite & libcrocco |
0.49 |
- style.cpp elimination.
- libcrocco for CSS
- Palettes
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| 16. Cairoification |
0.50 |
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| 17. Animation Conceptualization |
0.51 |
- Conceptualization of how it will work
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| 18. Fonts Revisited |
0.52 |
- Reenable fuzzy font matching
- Bidirectional text in Pango needs attention
- MakeVertical in Pango needs attention
- Rework text layout code to use PangoLayout?
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| 19. Palettes |
0.53 |
- Implement LittleCMS as color management system
- Create a palette widget
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| 20. Full Animation Support
|
0.54 |
- Implement Full Animation Support
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| 21. RFE's |
0.55 |
- Reduce open/total RFE ratio to 40%
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