| <section id="preface-history"> |
| <title>History</title> |
| <para> |
| &TCAR; started at <ulink |
| url="mailto:centos-devel@centos.org">The CentOS Developers |
| Mailing List</ulink> around 2008, on a discussion about how to |
| automate slide images used by Anaconda (&TCD; installer). In |
| such discussion, Ralph Angenendt rose up his hand to ask |
| —Do you have something to show?—. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| 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 —in conjunction with |
| the proposition of creating a Subversion repository where |
| translations and image production could be distributed inside |
| &TCC;—. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Karanbirn Sighn considered the idea intresting and provided |
| the infrastructure necessary to support the effort. This way, |
| &TCAS; and &TCAR; were officially created and made world wide |
| available. In this configuration, users were able to register |
| themselves and administrators were able to assign access |
| rights to registered users inside &TCAR;, both using a web |
| interface. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| Once &TCAR; was available, Alain Reguera Delgado uploaded the |
| bash script used to produce the Anaconda slides; Ralph |
| Angenendt documented it very well; and people started to |
| download working copies of &TCAR; to produce slide images in |
| their own languages. |
| </para> |
| |
| <para> |
| From this time on, the &TCAR; has been under constant |
| development to automate the production of &TCP; corporate |
| visual identity. The list of all changes is available in the |
| repository's logs. A resumen of relevant changes is available |
| in <xref linkend="repo-history" />. |
| </para> |
| |
| </section> |
| |