report about share.krita.org

[Dmitry Kazakov]

That is an awesome news! We wanted it for so long. I've even been contacted
by a man from Russia who wanted to write some king of backend for such a
site! I can write him again if you give any details about the new engine.

Btw, when I try to enter share.krita.org, I am asked for an authorization.
It is expected, right?

And who owns the servers and the backend's code? opendesktop or kde?


On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> We've been discussing the need for a kind of store/sharing website where
> people
> can share and maybe even sell resources like bundles or templates for some
> time now. We got a bit closer this week.
>
> There used to be GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff) and Krita used to have GHNS
> integration. However, we did not have access to the backend of the
> opendesktop website, couldn't curate our store or manage the community.
>
> Recently, the opendesktop family of websites changed hands, and we visited
> the
> new owner in Bielefeld last Sunday. That's me and Wolthera. We discussed a
> number
> of things:
>
> * An app store where people can download appimages of Linux applications
>
> (And maybe later windows, OSX and other versions). This would tie in to a
> CI
> system so we could get builds at the press of a button. Krita would be a
> sort
> of testcase of this system. Lots of pieces are in place, but neither the
> app
> store nor the final stages of CI that would generate installable artefacts
> are
> there yet. The desire to get there is clear, though.
>
> * share.krita.org.
>
> A specialized opendesktop-based sharing website. There is a prototype
> running
> which can be customized to a limited extent (logo, colors, categories of
> shareable resources). The domain name and the test website are linked up,
> but it's still showing old and irrelevant content.
>
> For share.krita.org, we've got to go through a bunch of iterations to get
> to
> something really cool:
>
> 1. Attica/GHNS: the GHNS KF5 framework is Tier 3, so we cannot use it. Dan
> Leinir is working on splitting it up in a Tier 2 core framework and a Tier
> 3
> UI framework, though. When that is nearing completion we can...
>
> 2. Start re-integrating GHNS in Krita. For 3.0, we removed all that code,
> and we cannot just revert that because we'll likely have to do the gui on
> our
> own.
>
> 3. (Parellel to 1 and 2). Build up a new website for sharing. The prototype
> is already more extensive than what used to be available, it's possible for
> instance for people to donate to the resource creators already.
>
> For now, I've defined the following categories of resources that can be
> shared:
>
>  * bundles
>  * templates
>  * python plugins
>  * python scripts
>  * artwork and tutorials
>
> 4. The website should be developed further, so people can use it as a
> content
> publication platform; there should be collaboration features, too, imo. It
> should also become possible to put resources up for sale, not just give
> away
> + donations asked.
>
> --
> Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org
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Dmitry Kazakov
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