[needs-packaging] inkscape-open-symbols

[Pander]

name: inkscape-open-symbols

short description: Open source icon sets to use as Inkscape symbols

long description: Inkscape Open Symbols offers symbol libraries which
are sets of SVG symbols located in SVG documents.

license: GPLv2 (each collection is shipped under its own open license,
which is included in the SVG file)

url: https://github.com/Xaviju/inkscape-open-symbols

depends: inkscape

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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This bug is tagged needs-packaging which identifies it as a request for a new package in Ubuntu. As a part of the managing needs-packaging bug reports specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Specs/NeedsPackagingBugs, all needs-packaging bug reports have Wishlist importance. Subsequently, I'm setting this bug's status to Wishlist.

[Pander (pander)]

Perhaps these open symbols can be shipped with the main inkscape package for all platforms. Even when a .deb will be made, users in OSX and Windows will be missing out on these as for most beginners or less tech savvy users it might prove to difficult to install these symbols manually.

[Victor Westmann (victor.westmann)]

Even if they could be available as extras, assets, or icon libraries those icons would be amazing and would make users even more excited using Inkscape. That's for sure.
+1 for this feature request.

[Hachmann (marenhachmann)]

"each collection is shipped under its own open license,
which is included in the SVG file" - can't find those licences in the respective SVG files. One would have to look them up in their original projects, to find out how they can be used.

[Xaviju (xaviju)]

You are right, some of them include the license and some of them don't. I will update them with their respective license in the SVG metadata as suggested.

[Hachmann (marenhachmann)]

That's great :)

[Pander (pander)]

In Inkscape package, add suggested package: inkscape-open-symbols

[Pander (pander)]

See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1666329

[dino99 (9d9)]

1.1-2 into bionic