[Tuxpaint-devel] Tux Paint Bugs on SF.net as of May 2007

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

Over the last two days I cleared out a number of Bug reports and
RFEs (Feature Requests) from the Tux Paint project over at SourceForge.net.
I also did a little prioritization.

Some were out-of-date and had already been fixed.  Some were, in essence,
duplicates of other bugs, and some were things I've reconsidered.

Here's what's left:

  http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=66938&atid=516295

And here's a summary of that, with some notes.  Things marked "[!]" are what
I consider 'blockers', and would therefore REALLY like to see addressed before
I release v. 0.9.17.  Things marked "[?]" are nasty-sounding bugs which seem
to only affect approximately one user.


In order of Priority, then Open Date:


1666078 [?] Text doesn't work at all

1616040 [?] First mouse click in Fullscreen minimizes TP to taskbar

1542310 [!] Prints invalid(?) postscript
  (Using this to cover all printing-related bugs.  Weird colors on Intel Macs,
  problems with HPs on Linux, page formatted incorrectly, printing differently
  depending on Tux Paint window (hence, canvas) size, etc.)

1431295 [!] Cannot type into Mac OS X printer dialog

1680430     _flip.png stamps don't work
  (missing feature)

1057337     Only use "savedir" for saved files, not to look for stamps/brushes

1668235     Default stamps sizes are wrong
  (minor, but annoying)

1057321     Mirror UI for RTL languages
  (will be a lot of work)

1055458     "printcfg" option not recognized

1680773     Mention canvas size change in README
  (doc fixup)

1680436     EXTENDING docs incorrect about starter sizes
  (doc fixup)

1417849     Create thumbnails of starters
  (optimization)

1057351     Saved images on should be stored in My Documents/My Pictures
  (win32 integration issue)

1057318     Fix BIDI wordwrap

1057314     Fix uppercasing
  (minor, but broken feature; also been requested a similar "--lowercase" mode)

1057334     Provide a more Mac OS X style for handling configuration
  (versus "~/.tuxpaintrc", etc., if we still do it that way on OSX)

1057311     Fix XOR bug when you 'abort' the shape tool
  (minor gfx glitch)

1057309     Fix XOR bug with blinking text cursor.
  (minor gfx glitch)

1659503     Stamp tinting options are undocumented
  (doc fixup)

1658697     Directional brushes should use middle image in brushes list
  (minor UI correction)

1057343     Show different text tip for shape tool when in --simpleshape
  (minor UI correction)

1057342     Fix "update_shape()" function and use it to replace SDL_Flip
  (optimization)

1057341     Fix and use scanline fill for filled shapes
  (minor optimization)

1057331     Add better description of where things get installed
  (doc fixup)

1057330     Mention CONFDIR in INSTALL.txt
  (doc fixup)

1057329     Mac OS X compilation in INSTALL.txt
  (doc fixup)

1057308     Clash between Open dialog arrow key controls and mouse arrow
  (minor UI correction)



Really, 1542310 (the collection of printing issues) is the glaring bug that
makes me hesitate from releasing another version of Tux Paint.

After working for a year in a professional mobile game & app. development
house, I'm beginning to think we might want to put together some test cases
for us all to go through before finalizing a release.

I can easily say: "hey, a new tux paint is available!" and have John build it
for Win32, and someone build it for Mac OS X, but my release of a .tar.gz
is FAR from any guarantee that it WORKS. :)

Anyway, any thoughts on the above?

-- 
-bill!
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