Re: New Dia shape repository / New CMOS and Digital shapes by Jason Klaus

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 17:23 +0200, Steffen Macke wrote:
> > Does this mean that the shapes kept at
> > http://dia-installer.de/shapes.html will not be added to future releases
> > of dia?
>
> Not necessarily. However, it gives us more flexibility. Some things to consider:
>
> * On slower systems the sheet loading time is already quite long,
> adding the possibility to have optional shapes might help
> * It is not feasible to have a new dia release for every new set of
> shapes. The new repository
> will make the process of sharing shapes easier
> * It will allow to share shapes where the Dia developers feel that
> they to not meet the
> quality standards
> * If you look at the digital shapes: Dia already has some very similar
> shapes. I haven't looked at the details and I will not make a
> decision, but I think the ones from Jason Klaus are "nicer", at least
> in terms of the icons. The repository gives a place for people to test
> and discuss here on the mailing list how such things could be merged.

Also, the sheets and shapes directories together currently takes 30% of
the size of the Dia source download, and it's only going to grow.  Also,
the list of sheets is rather long and intimidating.  The thing I'd like
to see along with a place to download sheets is an integrated way in Dia
to download and add the sheets.

-Lars