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Colin Marquardt: +Category "Marketing"

2006-06-20T13:06:52Z

+Category "Marketing"

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subject line for email: Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org

= Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org =

The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release of Inkscape 0.41, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today.

The primary focus of 0.41 has been bug fixing. With over 100 bugs fixed since the 0.40 release, this significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and support for international users. We owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes. Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports.

Two new powerful features also found their way into release 0.41. First, the black and white tracing functionality introduced in 0.40 has been improved to also allow conversion of color and grayscale images. Now Inkscape can convert photos, scanned artwork, and other drawn images into editable illustrations in the SVG format. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements.

User requests and comments also stimulated a number of improvements to units handling, extensions, the Invert Selection command, layers selector, icon theming, and the addition of several new translations.

A number of large scale changes are planned for the 0.42 release, including converting the interface to use Gtkmm and the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM), which will provide the core for implementing scripting. This should keep us busy for a while! If you'd like to join in the work, please drop by.

Inkscape. Draw Freely.

Download Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX packages:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

For many more details, see the Release Notes for 0.41:

[[ReleaseNotes041]]

Community submitted screenshots:

http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/

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BryceHarrington: *

2005-02-10T04:17:47Z

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	The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release of Inkscape 0.41, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today.		The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release of Inkscape 0.41, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today.

	The primary focus of 0.41 has been bug fixing. ~~This~~ significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and ~~overall improved Internationalization in the program~~. We owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes. Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports.		The primary focus of 0.41 has been bug fixing. With over 100 bugs fixed since the 0.40 release, this significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and for international users. We owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes. Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports.

	A couple new features also found their way in. First, the black and white tracing functionality introduced in 0.40 has been improved to also allow conversion of color and grayscale images. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements.		A couple new features also found their way in. First, the black and white tracing functionality introduced in 0.40 has been improved to also allow conversion of color and grayscale images. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements.

BryceHarrington: More rampant trimmage. Also de-third-personed it - we don't want this to sound like some corporate press release ;-)

2005-02-10T03:31:14Z

More rampant trimmage. Also de-third-personed it - we don't want this to sound like some corporate press release ;-)

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	= Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org =		= Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org =

	~~February 10, 2005 UTC —~~ The Inkscape community ~~announced~~ the release 0.41 ~~of Inkscape~~, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today~~. Inkscape continues to develop at a rapid pace by focusing on bug fixes, stability, color bitmap-to-vector tracing capabilities, Internationalization, pattern tiling, and translation refinements~~.		The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release of Inkscape 0.41, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today.

	~~Inkscape developers fixed many bugs and worked on overall stability for the~~ 0.41 ~~release~~. This significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and overall improved Internationalization in the program. ~~Inkscape developer Bryce Harrington stated that "we~~ owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes." Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports.		The primary focus of 0.41 has been bug fixing. This significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and overall improved Internationalization in the program. We owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes. Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports.

	~~In addition to stability improvements, developers added several~~ new features. First, ~~Inkscape 0.41 builds on~~ the black and white tracing functionality introduced in ~~release~~ 0.40~~. This functionality converts a bitmap (raster) image into an editable vector graphic. Now, Inkscape converts~~ color and grayscale images ~~with ease and the results are quite astounding~~. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements ~~with an easy-to-use dialog~~.		A couple new features also found their way in. First, the black and white tracing functionality introduced in 0.40 has been improved to also allow conversion of color and grayscale images. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements.

	User requests and comments also stimulated a number of improvements to units handling, extensions, the Invert Selection command, layers selector, icon theming, and several new translations.		User requests and comments also stimulated a number of improvements to units handling, extensions, the Invert Selection command, layers selector, icon theming, and several new translations.

	A number of large scale changes are planned for the 0.42 release, including converting the interface to use Gtkmm and the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM), which will provide the core to build scripting onto.		A number of large scale changes are planned for the 0.42 release, including converting the interface to use Gtkmm and the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM), which will provide the core to build scripting onto. This should keep us busy for a while! If you'd like to join in the work, please drop by.

	~~As always, Inkscape is open to contributors and developers of all levels of experience. The Inkscape development community encourages people~~ to join the ~~development team by submitting bug reports~~, ~~making feature requests and~~ by ~~contributing code. For more information, visit www.inkscape.org~~.

	Inkscape. Draw Freely.		Inkscape. Draw Freely.

BryceHarrington: Trimming

2005-02-10T03:18:34Z

Trimming

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subject line for email: Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org

= Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org =

February 10, 2005 UTC — The Inkscape community announced the release 0.41 of Inkscape, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today. Inkscape continues to develop at a rapid pace by focusing on bug fixes, stability, color bitmap-to-vector tracing capabilities, Internationalization, pattern tiling, and translation refinements.

Inkscape developers fixed many bugs and worked on overall stability for the 0.41 release. This significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and overall improved Internationalization in the program. Inkscape developer Bryce Harrington stated that "we owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes." Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports.

In addition to stability improvements, developers added several new features. First, Inkscape 0.41 builds on the black and white tracing functionality introduced in release 0.40. This functionality converts a bitmap (raster) image into an editable vector graphic. Now, Inkscape converts color and grayscale images with ease and the results are quite astounding. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements with an easy-to-use dialog.

User requests and comments also stimulated a number of improvements to units handling, extensions, the Invert Selection command, layers selector, icon theming, and several new translations.

A number of large scale changes are planned for the 0.42 release, including converting the interface to use Gtkmm and the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM), which will provide the core to build scripting onto.

As always, Inkscape is open to contributors and developers of all levels of experience. The Inkscape development community encourages people to join the development team by submitting bug reports, making feature requests and by contributing code. For more information, visit www.inkscape.org.

Inkscape. Draw Freely.

Download Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX packages:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

For many more details, see the Release Notes for 0.41:

http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes041

Community submitted screenshots:

http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/

PeterMoulder: * Try not to give the false impression that we've fixed all known crashes.

2005-02-09T11:37:45Z

* Try not to give the false impression that we've fixed all known crashes.

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subject line for email: Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org

= Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org =

February 8, 2005 UTC — The Inkscape community announced the release 0.41 of Inkscape, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing Tool" today. Inkscape continues to develop at a rapid pace by focusing on bug fixes, stability, color bitmap-to-vector tracing capabilities, Internationalization, pattern tiling, and translation refinements.

Inkscape developers fixed many bugs and worked on overall stability for the 0.41 release. This significantly strengthened Inkscape on Windows and overall improved Internationalization in the program. Inkscape developer Bryce Harrington stated that "we owe deep thanks to the many users who have worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these fixes." Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features are now corrected and certain areas are noticeably snappier thanks to user submitted bug reports. Please see Inkscape's Known Issues section for noted problems that have work arounds and were not fixed for this release.

In addition to stability improvements, developers added several new features. First, Inkscape 0.41 builds on the black and white tracing functionality introduced in release 0.40. This functionality converts a bitmap (raster) image into an editable vector graphic. Now, Inkscape converts color and grayscale images with ease and the results are quite astounding. Second, is the addition of a new clone tiler facility which creates patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of geometric tiling arrangements with an easy-to-use dialog.

In addition, user requests and comments stimulated a number of improvements to units handling, extensions, the Invert Selection command, layers selector, and icon theming. Translations have
also received an amazing amount of attention this release, including several new translations of the ever-growing tutorials. All this and more is available in explicit detail in the 0.41 Release Notes, accessible at www.inkscape.org.

Inkscape 0.41 avoided the addition of new dependencies and developers pushed back implementing ambitious new features originally planned in order to make 0.41 especially stable. The only dependency change is a minor version update for the Boehm garbage collector, libgc, which increased to version 6.4 due to freezes that occurred in some circumstances on Windows and Linux.

However, for the upcoming Inkscape 0.42 release, the developers are going to make aggressive changes that have been worked on experimentally behind the scenes for several months. These changes are going to destabilize the codebase considerably during this development cycle; it may be a while before the next release. The first of these changes is a complete re-implementation of the graphical user interface using Gtkmm. The second is the incorporation of a new Document Object Model (DOM) which will provide a core that the developers can finally build a scripting system on. Both of these features are major requests and have been commented on heavily by reviewers.

As always, Inkscape is open to contributors and developers of all levels of experience. The Inkscape development community encourages people to join the development team by submitting bug reports, making feature requests and by contributing code. For more information, visit www.inkscape.org.

Inkscape. Draw Freely.

Download Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX packages:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

For many more details, see the Release Notes for 0.41:

http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes041

Community submitted screenshots:

http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/

BryceHarrington: Writing the press release

2005-02-09T06:16:05Z

Writing the press release

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subject line for email: Announcing Inkscape 0.41 Release . www.inkscape.org

= Inkscape 0.41 =

'''Draw Freely.'''

http://www.inkscape.org/

The Inkscape community is proud to announce the release 0.41 of
Inkscape, "A Cross-platform Open Source Vector Graphics (SVG) Drawing
Tool."

The primary focus of the 0.41 release has been on bug fixing. Inkscape
has already earned a reputation for being robust and hard to crash; but
there were a number of corner cases and rare bugs that we took great
pleasure in squishing for you. In particular, many fixes have gone in
particular to Windows and Internationalized character sets; even more
so than in past releases we owe deep thanks to the many users who have
worked patiently with us to report the problems and validate these
fixes. Several serious crashes, memory leaks and mis-features have
been corrected, and certain areas now see noticeable speedups. We only
wish we could have fixed more! See our Known Issues section for
problems we know about but didn't have time to fix for this release.

Of course, no Inkscape release would be complete without at least a few
new features. First, we've built on the black and white tracing
functionality introduced in 0.40 with a surprisingly powerful color and
grayscale tracing capability. Second, a new clone tiler facility has
been added for creating patterns, tesselations, and other sorts of
pattern tiling arrangements.

In addition, user requests and comments stimulated a number of
improvements to unit handling, extensions, the Invert Selection
command, layers selector, icon theming, and more. Translations have
also received an amazing amount of attention this release, including
several new translations of tutorials. All this and more can be seen
in explicit detail in the 0.41 Release Notes.

We were quite strict with ourselves to avoid adding new dependencies
and to hold off on ambitious new features we have planned in order to
make 0.41 especially stable. The only dependency change is a minor
version update for the Boehm garbage collector libgc, which we
increased to version 6.4 due to freezes that occurred in some
circumstances on Windows and Linux.

However, for 0.42 we intend to go a bit wild with some aggressive
changes that we've been working on experimentally on the side for
several months now. We expect these changes to destabilize the
codebase considerably, so it may be a while before our next release;
please wish us luck. The first of these changes is a complete
reimplementation of the graphical user interface using Gtkmm. The
second is the incorporation of a new DOM that will provide the core
that we can finally build a scripting system on. Both the interface
design and scripting have been remarked on by reviewers lately so we
know this work takes Inkscape in the right direction. Wish us well,
and if you'd like to get your hands dirty with us doing this
implementation work, please drop by!

Download your packages (Linux, Windows, Mac OSX):

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=93438

For many more details, see the Release Notes for 0.41:

http://www.inkscape.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ReleaseNotes041

Community submitted screenshots:

http://www.inkscape.org/screenshots/