Hi translators,
forwarding a message from Marc to the user mailing list, that also has
relevance for translators:
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The Inkscape project has released a first beta version of the upcoming and
much-awaited Inkscape 1.0!
After releasing two less visible alpha versions this year, in
mid-January and
mid-June, Inkscape is now ready for extensive testing and subsequent
bug-fixing.
You can get the release at
https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.0beta1/
in the form of source tarball to compile, AppImage for Linux, 7-zip for
Windows, and .dmg for macOS.
The extensive list of changes is hosted at
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0
=== Unexpected features (aka "bugs") ===
Please test away and report your findings at
https://inkscape.org/report! We
are especially interested in:
- problems with texts in Inkscape files from older Inkscape versions
- unknown crashes
- extensions not doing what they should be doing
- new features not working correctly
- things that worked in 0.92.4, but are no longer working in the beta
version.
=== Breaking changes ===
[breaking change] The commandline API changed! If you have automated stuff
using Inkscape, be aware you'll need to fix it with
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes/1.0#Command_Line
[breaking change] The extension API (inkex) changed! There is a
compatibility
layer, but if you maintain an extension, make sure to update it with the
new
extension API
=== Translation ===
Translators are encouraged to start looking at translation work. String
freeze will be soon, but we do not anticipate any serious changes between
now and string freeze out of some adjustments in the text UI so please feel
free to start preparing your language translations.
Please aim to get all translation work committed and submitted by the
end of
October.
=== Packagers ===
- The autotools build system was entirely removed in this version to use
CMake.
- We now depend libdouble-conversion and on potrace (full list of
dependencies
with min versions is on
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Tracking_Dependencies )
- If other packages depend on Inkscape, please notify their maintainer
of the
breaking changes above.
=== About Screen Contest ===
The about screen contest will probably take place all October, aligned
with the
"Inktober" challenge :D
More information soon.
=== Bugfixers ===
If you know how to fix bugs in c++ code (or python for extensions), get
in touch!
Thanks,
Marc
PS: We currently have a technical issue on the lists.inkscape.org new
mailing lists, which is worked on, sorry about this
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