This section records noteworthy changes of CentOS Artwork Repository

through years.

@subheading 2008

The CentOS Artwork Repository started at CentOS Developers mailing

list (@email{centos-devel@@centos.org}) during a discussion about how

to automate the slide images of Anaconda. In such discussion, Ralph

Angenendt rose up his hand to ask: Do you have something to show? 

To answer the question, Alain Reguera Delgado posted a bash script to

produce slide images in different languages ---together with the

proposition of creating a Subversion centralized repository where

translations and image production could be distributed inside The

CentOS Community---.

Karanbirn Sighn considered the idea intresting and provides the

infrastructure necessary to support the effort. This way the CentOS

Artwork SIG and the CentOS Artwork Repository are officially created

and made available in the following urls:

@itemize

@item @url{https://projects.centos.org/trac/artwork/}

@item @url{https://projects.centos.org/svn/artwork/}

@end itemize

Once the CentOS Artwork Repository was available, Alain Reguera

Delagdo uploaded the bash script for rendering Anaconda slides; Ralph

Angenendt documented it very well and The CentOS Translators started

to download working copies of CentOS Artwork Repository to produce

slide images in their own languages.

@subheading 2009

The rendition script is at a very rustic state where only slide images

can be produced. 

The rendition script is improved to produce not only slide images, but

PNG images using one SVG file as input. In this configuration one

translated SVG instance was created from the SVG provided as input in

order to produce one translated PNG image as output.  The translation

of SVG files is made through SED replacement commands and the

rendition of PNG images is realized through Inkscape command line

internface.

The rendition script is named @command{render.sh}. The directory

structures are prepared to receive the rendition script so images

could be produced inside them. Each directory structure has design

templates (.svg), translation files (.sed), and translated images

(.png).

The rendition script is unified in a common place and linked from

different directory structures. There is no need to have the same code

in different directory structures if it can be in just one place and

then be linked from different locations.

The concepts of corporate identity started to be considered. As

referece, it is used Wikipedia

(@url{http://en.wikipedia.org/Corporate_identity}) and the book

@emph{Corporate Identity} by Wally Olins (1989). 

The rendition script main's goal becomes to: automate production of a

monolithic corporate visual identity structure based on The CentOS

Mission and The CentOS Release Schema. 

The documentation of CentOS Artwork Repository starts to take form in

@LaTeX{} format.

@subheading 2010

The rendition script @command{render.sh} is no longer a rendition

script, but a collection of functionalities grouped into the

@command{centos-art.sh} script where rendition is one functionality

among others.  The @command{centos-art.sh} is created to automate most

frequent tasks inside the repository.  There is no need to have links

all around the repository if a command-line interface can be created

and called anywhere inside the repository as it is usually done with

regular commands.   

Inside @command{centos-art.sh}, functionalities started to get

identified and separated one another. For example, when images are

rendered, there is no need to load functionalities related to

documentation manual. There is now common functionalities and specific

functionalities. Common functionalities are loaded when the script is

initiated and are available to specific functionalities.

The @command{centos-art.sh} script is updated to handle options trough

@command{getopt} option parser.

The repository directory structure is updated to improve the

implementation of corporate visual identity concepts.

@subheading 2011

The @command{centos-art.sh} script is updated to translate SVG and

other XML-based files (e.g., XHTML and Docbook) through

@command{xml2po} program and shell scripts files through

@command{xgettext} command.  In this configuration there is no need to

use `.sed' translation files as they previously were used.

The @command{centos-art.sh} script is updated to improve option

parsing through @command{getopt} program. All arguments are parsed by

@command{getopt} now. Once all option arguments have been parsed, only

non-option arguments remain for processing.

The @command{centos-art.sh} script is updated to organize

functionalities in two groups: ``the administrative functionalities''

and ``the productive functionalities''.  The administrative

functionalities cover actions like: copying, deleting and renaming

directory structures inside the repository. Also, preparing your

workstation for using @command{centos-art.sh} script, making backups

of the distribution theme currently installed,  installing themes

created inside repository and restoring themes from backup.  On the

other hand, the productive functionalities cover actions like: content

rendition, content localization, content documentation and content

maintainance.