[IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Paint improvements?

[David Farning]

On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Aleksey Lim<alsroot at member.fsf.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 06:26:00PM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Aleksey Lim <alsroot at member.fsf.org> wrote:
>>
>> > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 05:11:02PM -0400, Caroline Meeks wrote:
>> > > We used paint at the GPA today and some of the kids did amazing things
>> > with
>> > > it. Others were pretty frustrated.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > http://picasaweb.google.com/solutiongrove/GPARoom33Paint?authkey=Gv1sRgCJzK6r_1zsalLg#
>> > >
>> > > The program needs some love though.  Is there anyone who would like to
>> > work
>> > > on improving it this summer? If so we'll take the time to write down
>> > > detailed requirements and test your work.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions are welcome anyway through http://dev.sugarlabs.org/
>> > and if someone is ready to help he can pick some tickets and implement
>>
>>
>> Nod, I've done that for Memorize and maybe we will for Paint too.  It will
>> take some thought to get it right and I've got a lot on my plate right now.
>> Worth it if it turns into code but right now I'm wondering what is the best
>> path forward? Sugarizing Tux, Improving Paint or adding features to Colors?
>> It mostly depends on what programmers out there are interested.
>
> If Tuxpaint satisfies all needs and new features list for Paint and
> Colors! is not short, I guess its much easier to add save-to-journal
> feature to Tuxpaint.
>
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I am in occasional contact with Bill Kendrick the lead developer for
tuxpaint.  I try to reach out to him and the rest of the tuxpaint team
to work more closely with Sugar Labs.

david

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