On Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:34:58 +0000
"Richard Brown"  wrote:

> >>> Andres Silva  01/01/13 6:39 PM >>>
> >> 5. SUSEgreeter - Still using 12.2 design in factory. Needs to be
> >> updated. (Might be derived from something else as I see it in my
> >> working folder but not in github)
> >
> >I do not know how to package or get sources ready for this particular
> >package but I am working on a design mockup for it taking influences
> >from the grow design. (Posting soon)
> 
> 
> If you don't know how to package or get sources ready, then I'd
> suggest you learn. Without those skills, you are going to be hindered
> in two regards. Firstly, you are going to be reliant on the
> generosity of others to turn your ideas into reality, and this is
> both to the misfortune of yourself (who will therefore be less likely
> to see those ideas become reality) and those helping you (it's always
> much harder turning someone elses ideas into production than your
> own) 

Don't get me wrong Richard, but your suggestions require to abolish
collaboration and let everyone learn every detail of distro, before one
can publish anything. 

You speak about generosity of others like that is benefit of artist
alone. I don't see there any notion that any work in software creation
and publishing process should be shared between those that know
technical part, workflow, commands, and those that can produce
beautiful art. 

Look at software translations, they are far ahead with
friendliness to translators, and should be used as idea how to organize
collaboration of artists. Translators don't chase strings within source
code and submit patches. They have strings isolated in a file that once
translation is done and published, strings will auto-magically find its
place. 

IMHO, the most one should require from an artist is:
* size of an image,
* adherence to general idea for theme, 
* adherence to principle that make, for instance, good wallpaper, 
* in some cases on can require certain format, raster or vector
  graphics.

Asking to:
* research on its own requirements for an image 
* details of publishing process 
is over the top for almost all artist that have any success in art. 

Research, even with links that you gave and which are great help to get
started, it is still quite some work, that includes:
* learning git
* learning github
* learning how OBS is using github,
* learning OBS,
* learning osc,
* learning packaging,
* learn to read software sources,
* learn every coding language, that one might stumble upon,
* learn workarounds for script, packaging, and software deficiencies
  that one might stumble upon.

The other option is that one with right ideas comes up with process
that will require from artist to upload images to dedicated server, and
let other that are better at coding and packaging put that in right
place. Of course that doesn't mean that they should disassemble png
mockup in separate files. Providing images that software requires is
still artist responsibility, but research what software requires is
not. 



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Regards, Rajko.
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