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 suggested a bash script

which combined SVG and SED files in order to produce PNG images in

different languages ---together with the proposition of creating a

Subversion repository where translations and image production could be

distributed inside The CentOS Community---.

Karanbirn Sighn considered the idea intresting and provided the

infrastructure necessary to support the effort. This way the CentOS

Artwork SIG and the CentOS Artwork Repository were 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 was redesigned to extend image production to

other areas, not just slide images.  In this configuration one

translated SVG instance was created from the SVG file provided as

input in order to produce one translated PNG image as output.  The

translation of SVG files was made through SED replacement commands and

the rendition of PNG images was realized through Inkscape command line

internface.

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

structures were prepared to receive the rendition script so images

could be produced inside them. Each directory structure had design

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

(.png).

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

different directory structures. There was no need to have the same

code in different directory structures if it could be in just one

place and then be linked from different locations.

Concepts about corporate identity began to be considered. As referece,

it was used the book @emph{Corporate Identity} by Wally Olins (1989)

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

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 started 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

(through symbolic links, in the @file{~/bin} directory) and be called

anywhere inside the repository as it would be usually done with

regular commands.   

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

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

rendered, there was no need to load functionalities related to

documentation manual. This moved us onto common functionalities and

specific functionalities inside @command{centos-art.sh} script. Common

functionalities are loaded when the script is initiated and are

available to specific functionalities.

The @command{centos-art.sh} script was redesigned to handle options

trough @command{getopt} option parser.

The repository directory structure was updated to improve the

implementation of concepts related to corporate visual identity.

Specially in the area related to themes which were divided into design

models and artistic motifs.

@subheading 2011

The @command{centos-art.sh} script was redesigned to start translating

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

the @command{xml2po} program and shell scripts files (e.g., Bash

scripts) through GNU @command{gettext} tools.  This configuration

provided a stronger interface for graphic designers, translators and

programmers at time of producing localized content. @file{.sed} files

are no longer used to handle translations.

Improve option parsing through @command{getopt}.

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.