report about share.krita.org

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Mon, 11 Jul 2016, Dmitry Kazakov wrote:

> 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?

Yes, it's not up for real yet. I still need to provide Clemens with some
assets.

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

It's all hosted by Blue Systems. The codebase is finally being opensourced,
too.


> 
> 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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> >
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Boudewijn Rempt | http://www.krita.org, http://www.valdyas.org