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This file records noteworthy changes of CentOS Artwork Repository.
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(2011)
- The trunk/Translation directory structure is removed. The
trunk/Scripts/Bash/Functions/Locale/Config directory structure is used
instead to store locale information.
- The production of both documentation manuals and images is updated to
handle information in different languages by means of `xml2po' and
`gettext' locale procedures.
Basically, we create one XML file with the information of the file we want
to have translations for (e.g., in the case of documentation manuals we
use DocBook, but in the case of images very simple XML files are used
instead with very simple structures just to cover image translatios
needs). The XML file contains the pattern information in English
language. Later, using `xml2po' program we produce POT and PO files that
end up in translated XML files. Finally, we use the appropriate commands
and the XML files to produce different outputs files (e.g., PDF, HTML,
PNG, etc.) in different languages.
In the very specific case of documentation, we use Texinfo as first source
of documenting and use `--docbook' option of makeinfo to produce the
DocBook XML file we pass to `xml2po' to produce translated contents of the
documentation we've written on using Texinfo. Sadly, `--docbook' output on
Texinfo 4.8 seems to be incomplete (e.g., when a chapter is created the
title tag is not set inside. Instead the <para> tag is used instead which
make commands like 'docbook2pdf' to fail). I'm pretty sure this will be
fixed in the feature, so I keep planing relaying in the fact that Texinfo
will produce '--docbook' output correctly.
In the very specific case of images, we use the SVG structure as first
source of image translation.
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(2010)
- Inside centos-art.sh script, functionalities start to get identified and
separated one from another. For example, when images are rendered, there
is no need to load manual functionality. There are now common
functionalities and specific functionalities. Common functionalities are
loaded when the script is initiated and are available to specific
functionalities.
- The directory structure is optimized to implements the corporate identity
concepts and the centos-art.sh script. The CentOS Artwork Repository
directory structure places the organizational convenctions that
centos-art.sh script needs to do what we expect from it to do.
- The following functionalities start to take form as part of centos-art.sh
script:
- `Functions/Render/render.sh' : To produce translated images using
Inkscape and Sed replacement commands.
- `Functions/Manual/manual.sh' : To produce documentation using Texinfo.
Almost all LaTeX-based documents were
moved to Texinfo format and handled by
manual functionality.
- `Functions/Locale/locale.sh' : To translate centos-art.sh command-line
interface messages using gettext.
- `Functions/Shell/shell.sh' : To perform massive actions inside shell
scripts. For example, update
top-commentaries massively.
- `Functions/Svg/svg.sh' : To perform massive actions inside SVG
files.
- `Functions/Html/html.sh' : To perform massive actions inside HTML
files.
- `Functions/Path/path.sh' : To automate manipulation of files,
branches, and tags.
- `Functions/About/about.sh' : To print license, authors, history,
copying, etc.
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(2009)
- The rendering script starts to evolve into centos-art.sh script, a
command-line interface to manipulate the CentOS Artwork Repository.
- Corporate identity concepts taken from Wikipedia and related books are
introduced as development reference. The main goal of centos-art.sh
turns to: automate production of a monolithic corporate visual identity
structure based on CentOS Mission and CentOS Release Schema.
- Alain Reguera Delgado is out of Internet for an undefined amount of
time, but continues developing CentOS Artwork Repository and its
automation tool (i.e., the centos-art.sh script) off-line.
- Documentation begins to take form in LaTeX format.
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(2008)
- The CentOS Artwork Repository started at CentOS Developers mailing list.
- Alain Reguera Delgado shares ideas in a thread about Anaconda progress
slide images and the possibility of automating their construction.
- Ralph Angenendt rises up his hand asking: Do you have something to show?
- Alain Reguera Delgado posts 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 CentOS Community---.
- Karanbirn Sighn considers the idea intresting and provides the
infrastructure to support the effort as the CentOS Artwork SIG.
https://projects.centos.org/svn/artwork/
https://projects.centos.org/trac/artwork/
- Alain Reguera Delagdo uploads the rendering script to CentOS Artwork
Repository.
- Ralph Angenendt documents the rendering script.
- With the rendering script and its documentation available, translators
start to download working copies of CentOS Artwork Repository to produce
slide images in their own languages.