Hi Paul > I'd like to publish something like this article on LWN, please check > it over and let me know if anything else needs to be added: > I guess this announcement is intended mainly for people who are already well familiar with open-source? I suggest a couple of changes below, largely relating to English usage and buzz-words. > Synfig is a powerful, industrial-strength vector-based 2D animation > software package, designed from the ground-up for producing > feature-film quality animation. It was initially a proprietary app > "application" (or "software package") > produced by Voria Studios for internal use and when the company closed > down, Synfig was GPLed "Synfig was released to the free software community for development under the GNU Public Licence." > and development turned over to the free > software community. > > http://www.synfig.com/ > http://www.synfig.com/overview/ > > Synfig version 0.61.06 was released on June 24th 2007. I'm not sure what the Synfig version release naming scheme is, but for a major release announcement, perhaps it would be good to round the version number up to 0.62.00
> It is the > result of more than a year of contributions by the free software > community. It has much fewer bugs, "far fewer" > several usability enhancements, a > set of new Tango-styled icons and other improvements. Tango-styled icons ? (sorry never heard of it - perhaps I wasn't paying attention). > Some examples of > what can be achieved can be found on the following sites: > > http://www.synfig.com/gallery/ > http://wiki.synfig.com/Gallery > http://youtube.com/results?search_query=synfig > http://www.videoplayer.es/tag/synfig/ > > As usual, synfig needs your help. What is the convention? Should you use a capital letter for "Synfig" the project? Oh... the web site has a capital S. > If you know GTKmm and or C++, are an > artist or writer, can document things, are willing to learn or are > otherwise interested in helping with synfig, "Synfig" > please join the mailing > lists and IRC channel and start helping out. > > There will be an IRC and gobby meeting for artists, developers and all > other interested persons on July XXth. > ", visit [url] for details." Thanks for your work on Synfig Paul, I've been on the mailing list for a long time, but haven't even had a change to install the latest version. I'm a New Zealander, so sometimes American English looks strange to me. If meeting times are in GMT that would help too. Greg Ford. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Synfig-devl mailing list Synfig-devl@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/synfig-devl
