Nicu Buculei said the following on 06/22/2009 12:17 AM Pacific Time: > On 06/20/2009 01:27 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 10:12:24PM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: >>> We could handle the 4 broader-community readymades as a separate >>> project. >> Does this mean that there would be a fallback to some default theme or >> background if we miss the particular deadlines? In other words, is >> the plan to build a safety net that is something other than the >> dreaded all-nighter(s)? > > Even it this was not the intention behind it (the intention is to cover > the needs/tastes of a larger user base), yes, it can work like this: if > at the last moment we find the "default" wallpaper is not good enough as > a default, we can switch it with one of the 4. > > However, those 4 will probably not fill the bill for the default > (abstract, vector, themed), since we will encourage people to go crazy > for the alternatives. > >>>> * be stricter about deadlines >>> +1 >> I think this ticket review process would really help -- there are no >> surprises for anyone. And if something falls on the floor for lack of >> attention, then it's fair to simply let it do so. And having a >> fallback means that there's no catastrophe, and no one's held hostage >> to unreasonable expectations. > > Hope we will get to talk more about it at FUDCon, but here is my latest > idea: run the new wallpaper system as an official feature for F12 (the > feature is not the wallpaper, but the process), this will help us get > better exposure (and maybe more contributors) and also make us more > strict with the deadlines. >
This would mean that all the artwork would need to be done by Feature Freeze on 2009-07-28. Also note that the what was previously targeted for "being completed by the Beta release" is now the "alpha release" because of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Milestone_Adjustment_Proposal John _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list [email protected] https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
