Any last votes? You have 17 minutes!!!
On 1 December 2014 at 22:55, Hervé BOUTEMY <herve.bout...@free.fr> wrote: > +1 > > Regards, > > Hervé > > Le lundi 1 décembre 2014 07:54:56 Baptiste Mathus a écrit : > > +1. > > > > Though I quite also like the comment about having some form of M on the > > chest (say like a superman S), but I'm late to the train here. > > > > Le 28 nov. 2014 10:38, "Dennis Lundberg" <denn...@apache.org> a écrit : > > > +1 > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Connolly > > > > > > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > For anyone who has been living under a rock, here is the background > > > > > > > > Background > > > > ========= > > > > > > > > I think everyone can agree that the site needs a reorganisation and a > > > > rewrite. Users cannot find what they need, and the end result is that > > > > people keep on abusing maven rather than having maven help them. > > > > > > > > Try as I might, I have been unable to motivate myself to do the > > > > reorganisation with the current dated look and feel of the site... I > am > > > > > > not > > > > > > > saying that picking a new logo and selecting a mascot will result in > > > > > > making > > > > > > > progress, but it can't hurt and I believe it will help > > > > > > > > Proposed changes > > > > =============== > > > > > > > > 1. Change the logo font to Alte Haas Grotesk Bold with italics > applied > > > > by > > > > Inkscape > > > > 2. Change the highlighted letter from 'a' to 'v' and replace the v > with > > > > > > two > > > > > > > Apache Feathers > > > > 3. Adopt the (currently unnamed) owl as our mascot > > > > > > > > Here is a link to the font: > > > > > > > > http://www.dafont.com/alte-haas-grotesk.font > > > > > > > Here is a large version of the owl and the logo: > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final-larg > > > e.png> > > > > A regular version of the own and the logo, e.g. a size suitable for > use > > > > > > in > > > > > > > the top of the standard maven sites: > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final.png > > > > > > > (Note that in all likelihood, the mascot would probably end up on the > > > > > > other > > > > > > > side of the title bar from the logo... and that is IF the mascot > ends up > > > > > > on > > > > > > > the title bar) > > > > > > > > Here is both of those rendered in a site (as it can be helpful to see > > > > the > > > > graphics adjacent to text) > > > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final-cont > > > ext.png> > > > > Logo Rational > > > > =========== > > > > > > > If we do some searches for the Maven logo: > > > > https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=maven+logo&oq=maven+lo > > > go > > > > > > > > > > http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=maven+logo&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBLH&sc > > > ope=images&pq=maven+logo> > > > > Our current logo, with a single highlighted letter stands out quite > well > > > > from the other "maven" logos, so keeping a highlighted letter and an > > > > > > italic > > > > > > > rendered font maintains continuity with our current logo. > > > > > > > > By changing the highlighted letter to the `v` and by using two Apache > > > > feathers to create the `v`, we connect our logo back to Apache... we > are > > > > Apache Maven after all. > > > > > > > > The `v` is also the common short term for version (e.g.v3 is short > for > > > > version 3). Apache Maven puts a lot of emphasis on versions of > > > > > > dependencies > > > > > > > and plugins... you could say that versions are very important to > Maven. > > > > > > > > The colours of the feather were changed to solid colours to match the > > > > owl > > > > mascot's scarf, beak and eyebrows > > > > > > > > Voting rules > > > > ========= > > > > > > > > Anyone who is subscribed to the dev or users list is eligible to > vote. > > > > > > > > If you vote multiple times, only your final vote will be counted. > > > > > > > > The vote will be open until 1:00pm GMT on Wed 3rd Dec 2014 > > > > > > > > The vote is for all three changes as one single change. Partial votes > > > > > > (e.g. > > > > > > > for the logo but not the mascot, or vice-versa) will not be counted. > > > > > > > > I, as the caller of the vote, reserve the right to cancel the vote if > > > > > > this > > > > > > > vote is putting the harmony of the community at risk. > > > > > > > > If a majority of the PMC believe that this vote is putting the > harmony > > > > of > > > > the community at risk, then the PMC may cancel this vote (though if > even > > > > > > a > > > > > > > small minority of the PMC were of that belief, I will more than > likely > > > > > > have > > > > > > > cancelled the vote before the PMC would need to decide... I'm just > > > > > > stating > > > > > > > this FTR) > > > > > > > > The decision will be a simple majority, there will be no special veto > > > > powers. > > > > > > > > +1: [ ] Change the logo to the proposed logo and adopt the owl as > > > > project > > > > mascot > > > > 0: [ ] No opinion > > > > -1: [ ] No change > > > > > > > > Please only respond with +1, 0 or -1. If you want to discuss the > > > > proposed > > > > changes please use a different thread. This thread is for voting > only. > > > > > > > > -Stephen > > > > > > -- > > > Dennis Lundberg > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > >
