On Tuesday 23 May 2006 01:10, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Máirín Duffy wrote: > > I think there is a real need to catalog these, in an Inkscape-compatible > > SVG format, and make it easy for anybody to > > > > (1) grab the artwork they need > > (2) contribute changes / tweaks / improvements > > (3) contribute new icons > > I don't have access to Illustrator, so if someone else can convert the > .ai files to SVG i can help cleaning the results, breaking the icons in > individual files etc. > Open formats are going to be required for any Fedora project. The sooner we have everything in open formats, the better. I personally use only open tools anyway, but those who do not need to run exports before publishing items for the project's use. > > As I create new icons, I'll be putting them in the wiki, but... I don't > > think that is especially scaleable, considering the number of icons we > > have. Does anybody have any ideas as far as how we can catalog these > > images nicely? Are there any FOSS photo gallery apps that maybe have > > revision control built-in? > > Not only that, it should also support our specific file types. > A gallery would be awesome, for a large number of icons search > functionality will become important. Also we may want some kind of > feedback (comments). > > Unfortunately, the choice is very restricted: people in charge of the > website infrastructure have a policy - no php is allowed, python is the > preferred language, so the large majority of gallery software is out of > reach. > > > My first thought is to simply set up a svn or cvs repo with a nice web > > frontend for people to browse & grab the icons... but I'm afraid setting > > up svn/cvs and learning all that crap will be a big barrier to entry for > > new artists. Maybe there is a web frontend for a revision control system > > that lets you upload new revisions from your browser? > > At the Open Clip Art Library we have the plan of using CreativeCommon's > ccHost (http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcHost), but we have to add SVG > support before it can be used for the job. I think such a tool would be > useful for Fedora Art, if not for icons at least for wallpapers. At one point, we had a volunteer stating that he would create a gallery tool for Fedora Project use. I'll bug him to see if he has done anything, but I suspect he hasn't. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64@xxxxxxxxx http://www.n-man.com/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nman64 Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/ --
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