[gimp-web/testing] Add formatting to Schumaml interview.
- From: Jehan Pagès <jehanp src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-web/testing] Add formatting to Schumaml interview.
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 16:10:59 +0000 (UTC)
commit 9b17c9f29ee57a6c64e78f3db0d154e5d842315f
Author: Jehan <jehan girinstud io>
Date: Sun Apr 16 18:08:47 2017 +0200
Add formatting to Schumaml interview.
Same as Mitch's one: italic for non-interviewee sentences, and bold on
the name part in answers.
...2017-04-19_Schumaml-interview-WilberWeek2017.md | 76 ++++++++++----------
1 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/content/news/2017-04-19_Schumaml-interview-WilberWeek2017.md
b/content/news/2017-04-19_Schumaml-interview-WilberWeek2017.md
index 83ec486..83fc6f4 100644
--- a/content/news/2017-04-19_Schumaml-interview-WilberWeek2017.md
+++ b/content/news/2017-04-19_Schumaml-interview-WilberWeek2017.md
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ Schumaml, the tie-bearing GIMP office manager.
</figcaption>
</figure>
-Jehan: Hello Michael. You are GIMP administrator, at least that's what everybody says.
+_Jehan: Hello Michael. You are GIMP administrator, at least that's what everybody says._
-Schumaml: That's what everybody says, yes.
+**Schumaml:** That's what everybody says, yes.
-J: How would you describe your contribution to the GIMP project?
+_J: How would you describe your contribution to the GIMP project?_
-S: I don't do much coding. It's just that so many people — from my perspective — do coding on GIMP already
and have a better grasp of source code, how it is made up. So I don't think I can contribute much in that
regard. So I try to do administrative stuff like handling the monetary aspect of the project like telling
GNOME that we need money for events like Wilber Week, for LGM reimbursements…
+**S:** I don't do much coding. It's just that so many people — from my perspective — do coding on GIMP
already and have a better grasp of source code, how it is made up. So I don't think I can contribute much in
that regard. So I try to do administrative stuff like handling the monetary aspect of the project like
telling GNOME that we need money for events like Wilber Week, for LGM reimbursements…
<br/>
I also care about the bug reports we have. I try to have them categorized, have a proper status, make sure
that they get replies, that we don't leave a bug report untended for a long time.
<br/>
@@ -34,81 +34,81 @@ And also I have administrative priviledges on GIMP web server, on mailing lists,
So I've been called the tie-bearing GIMP office manager. I even got a t-shirt with a printed tie because
I've actually been in one meeting, at Libre Graphics Meeting wearing a shirt and a tie.
-J: How long have you contributed?
+_J: How long have you contributed?_
-S: I think I started somewhere between 2001 and 2004. The first contributions were probably getting GIMP
buildable on MSYS, the minimal GNU build system on the Windows platform. Because I was annoyed that there
were only GIMP builds for releases and not for every commit in between.
+**S:** I think I started somewhere between 2001 and 2004. The first contributions were probably getting GIMP
buildable on MSYS, the minimal GNU build system on the Windows platform. Because I was annoyed that there
were only GIMP builds for releases and not for every commit in between.
-J: Was it like nightly builds?
+_J: Was it like nightly builds?_
-S: No it was not like nightly builds. I just wanted to be able to have a current build **for** the Windows
platform and also made **on** the Windows platform so that I could build on my Windows system I was using at
the time. Yes just be able to follow GIMP development more closely than for example a build someone made for
a development release.
+**S:** No it was not like nightly builds. I just wanted to be able to have a current build **for** the
Windows platform and also made **on** the Windows platform so that I could build on my Windows system I was
using at the time. Yes just be able to follow GIMP development more closely than for example a build someone
made for a development release.
-J: So you mostly use GIMP on Windows?
+_J: So you mostly use GIMP on Windows?_
-S: Back more than 10 years ago, I did use Windows exclusively. So basically back then I had done the porting
of GIMP to the Windows platform.
+**S:** Back more than 10 years ago, I did use Windows exclusively. So basically back then I had done the
porting of GIMP to the Windows platform.
-J: Do you use GIMP?
+_J: Do you use GIMP?_
-S: I use GIMP. Not as much as many other people but I use it to test many things of GIMP itself. I use it to
edit photos I make. I don't publish many of them because when I'm editing them, I print them or I use them
for some documentation work so it goes to a customer. I even use it on Windows still. But now my main
platform is Linux.
+**S:** I use GIMP. Not as much as many other people but I use it to test many things of GIMP itself. I use
it to edit photos I make. I don't publish many of them because when I'm editing them, I print them or I use
them for some documentation work so it goes to a customer. I even use it on Windows still. But now my main
platform is Linux.
-J: What kind of job do you do?
+_J: What kind of job do you do?_
-S: I'm working for a company that used to be a part of Siemens. It's been carved out. It's still partially
owned by Siemens. And we are selling communication systems. Nowadays this stuff is called "Communication
Enabled Business Processes". Like everything which has to do with communication. Calling someone or texting
someone or exchanging chats or whatever. And we are providing the software, the service and
+**S:** I'm working for a company that used to be a part of Siemens. It's been carved out. It's still
partially owned by Siemens. And we are selling communication systems. Nowadays this stuff is called
"Communication Enabled Business Processes". Like everything which has to do with communication. Calling
someone or texting someone or exchanging chats or whatever. And we are providing the software, the service and
the consulting.
-J: Why do you contribute to GIMP?
+_J: Why do you contribute to GIMP?_
-S: It started with pure selfishness like being able to have the most current GIMP available to me. I believe
in Free Software. I believe software should be available for everyone for every purpose. GIMP is a Free
Software project. Around the time I got hooked up on GIMP, I got hooked up on Wikipedia which does the same
to knowledge. So I kind of feel like — yeah well — I'm contributing to something that helps a lot of people
all over the world. I think that's a good thing. And GIMP happens to be the project that was my first major
project I contributed to at all. And I like it. It's kind of in-line with what I specialized at university.
Like image synthesis, image manipulation, whatever. Kind of seem like a logical extension.
+**S:** It started with pure selfishness like being able to have the most current GIMP available to me. I
believe in Free Software. I believe software should be available for everyone for every purpose. GIMP is a
Free Software project. Around the time I got hooked up on GIMP, I got hooked up on Wikipedia which does the
same to knowledge. So I kind of feel like — yeah well — I'm contributing to something that helps a lot of
people all over the world. I think that's a good thing. And GIMP happens to be the project that was my first
major project I contributed to at all. And I like it. It's kind of in-line with what I specialized at
university. Like image synthesis, image manipulation, whatever. Kind of seem like a logical extension.
-Rishi: What do you think of Michael Schumacher?
+_Rishi: What do you think of Michael Schumacher?_
-S: (laughs) The formula one driver?
+**S:** (laughs) The formula one driver?
-R: Yeah.
+_R: Yeah._
-S: First thing, you know about his current condition, like probably still in the coma or a vegetable. Surely
I hope that he will get better. He probably won't make it to his former self but at least to a state that he
can live his remaining life in a somewhat decent way.
+**S:** First thing, you know about his current condition, like probably still in the coma or a vegetable.
Surely I hope that he will get better. He probably won't make it to his former self but at least to a state
that he can live his remaining life in a somewhat decent way.
He got famous when I was in the so-called German gymnasium, like I was in school. So it was a bit of an
annoyance. I got the same nickname "Schumy" as he did. I didn't follow his career too closely but of course
every time he won a race, I knew about it because I would be
congratulated at school.
-pippin: Have you ever made use of sharing the name?
+_pippin: Have you ever made use of sharing the name?_
-S: No I haven't. It got me an interview opportunity with a locale radio station because they were calling
all people who beared the name "Michael Schumacher" and they were asking them "How hard does this affect your
personal life? Has it ever affected you?". And I almost once had an appointment canceled because someone
thought I was mocking him.
+**S:** No I haven't. It got me an interview opportunity with a locale radio station because they were
calling all people who beared the name "Michael Schumacher" and they were asking them "How hard does this
affect your personal life? Has it ever affected you?". And I almost once had an appointment canceled because
someone thought I was mocking him.
I've never used it, I've never abused it. And nowadays, or after the end of his professional racing career,
it basically didn't matter anymore.
-P: Any controversial theme you wish to be asked?
+_P: Any controversial theme you wish to be asked?_
-S: Like the fact that I would like to kill spammers?
+**S:** Like the fact that I would like to kill spammers?
-Nomis: Not very controversial.
+_Nomis: Not very controversial._
-J: What do you want to see in GIMP?
+_J: What do you want to see in GIMP?_
-S: Feature-wise, I'm quite OK with what GIMP is right now. I have to admit that some of the current stuff in
GIMP development version is still above my head like I have no real concept yet of the difference of
compositing and blending. Learning that it was 2 different things was quite useful. I hope that we can get
the documentation of GIMP up-to-speed in time.
+**S:** Feature-wise, I'm quite OK with what GIMP is right now. I have to admit that some of the current
stuff in GIMP development version is still above my head like I have no real concept yet of the difference of
compositing and blending. Learning that it was 2 different things was quite useful. I hope that we can get
the documentation of GIMP up-to-speed in time.
I'm more concerned about the project management. As in how do we decide what new feature go in GIMP, how do
we decide how they get into GIMP, how do we decide what GIMP development will look like, for instance
post-2.10. Because you see it yourself, right now, our release cycles are much too long. Even the fact that
we have actual release cycles is probably bad, because if you look at things like Twitter or whatever, they
are constantly releasing. Like they just push new features out to the people and there is a constant review
"this is working, this is not working". So you are surprised by "ouh this does not work. Why have they
changed it?".
But yeah the project is still a bit old-fashion in regard to releases. So we are trailing current
development models. "Development models" is the term I use because I'm not even really familiar how you call
this. I'm intrigued by the idea of having stable branches that can actually receive new features. I'm not
quite sure if I want 2.10 constantly evolving. I would prefer to have 2.12. That's details.
-J: How do you see GIMP in 20 years?
+_J: How do you see GIMP in 20 years?_
-S: First thing in 20 years, I'll be 60 (laughs). So I'm not even sure how I see myself at that point. Well
let's be selfish. I very much would like to see myself still part of the project in 20 years. I would still
like to be able to see it as an image manipulation program. One of the major Free Software ones. And I have
no idea at all how it will look like (laughs) because there is so much that can change. Especially even in
the user interaction. How people interact with software might actually be the defining factor for how
applications will look in 20 years.
+**S:** First thing in 20 years, I'll be 60 (laughs). So I'm not even sure how I see myself at that point.
Well let's be selfish. I very much would like to see myself still part of the project in 20 years. I would
still like to be able to see it as an image manipulation program. One of the major Free Software ones. And I
have no idea at all how it will look like (laughs) because there is so much that can change. Especially even
in the user interaction. How people interact with software might actually be the defining factor for how
applications will look in 20 years.
-J: What's **the** feature you are really waiting for?
+_J: What's **the** feature you are really waiting for?_
-S: The feature I'm really waiting for. It's not a feature of painting or image manipulation. It's about
organization. This thing we want to do, plugin or ressource registry 2.0. Like properly built. Like really
managed. Like not the hand-duplicate of an existing plugin. This thing we talked so much about, have so many
great ideas, but always seem to lack the time to do it. This is the feature I would like to see.
+**S:** The feature I'm really waiting for. It's not a feature of painting or image manipulation. It's about
organization. This thing we want to do, plugin or ressource registry 2.0. Like properly built. Like really
managed. Like not the hand-duplicate of an existing plugin. This thing we talked so much about, have so many
great ideas, but always seem to lack the time to do it. This is the feature I would like to see.
-J: Do you contribute under the influence?
+_J: Do you contribute under the influence?_
-S: Yeah have a look at the 2.8.20 NEWS file, at the typos, which I did totally not notice. So now I prefer
to not contribute under influence.
+**S:** Yeah have a look at the 2.8.20 NEWS file, at the typos, which I did totally not notice. So now I
prefer to not contribute under influence.
-J: Indeed you are now the maintainer of the 2.8 branch, or at least the releaser. If not mistaken, you took
care of 2.8.18 and 2.8.20 releases. What can you say about this?
+_J: Indeed you are now the maintainer of the 2.8 branch, or at least the releaser. If not mistaken, you took
care of 2.8.18 and 2.8.20 releases. What can you say about this?_
-S: TODO: add answer!
+**S:** TODO: add answer!
-J: This was a good interview.
+_J: This was a good interview._
-S: Thank you for doing it.
+**S:** Thank you for doing it.
-J: And thank you for answering.
+_J: And thank you for answering._
<small>Images in this post are courtesy of antenne and used by permission (<a class='cc'
href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/' title='Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
International'>cba</a>).</small>
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