well there is voting one man, one vote
On Jan 2, 2008 6:02 PM, Justin Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever, that fact remains that there is no leadership or direction from > the people who can make any decisions. You seem to forget many people, such > as myself, are on here on their own time at no cost to Canonical and just > want to help. By not giving these people any direction their hard work is > going to wast, which to me is an insult. > > On Jan 1, 2008 10:40 PM, Troy James Sobotka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Justin Rogers wrote: > > > I have been watching for about two months now, waiting to see how I > > can > > > contribute. Who ever is leading this project, I am still uncertain, > > have > > > put very little effort into it overall. I believe we were promised > > some > > > sort of direction on the Wiki like a month ago. At this rate there is > > no > > > way any new theme will ever get into 8.04. To put it bluntly the > > > leadership on this project sucks! > > > > First, leadership is a wonderful thing to talk about, but > > a whole other thing to accomplish. > > > > Second, you can play a 'mental game' for yourself. Imagine > > a list such as this where 100 people submit ideas. You > > have your own personal aesthetic. You have the aesthetic > > of people who are 'in charge'. You have individual belief > > structures. Now you have 1000 different belief patterns, > > 100 different submissions, and the various computational > > byproducts. What direction do you go? Every single > > poor design decision in history has been agreed upon by > > someone somewhere who thought it was a good idea. Look > > no further than this list if you need proof. > > > > Third, you have people who refuse to examine the history, > > wiki, or other easily accessible information out there. > > > > As has been made clear a thousand times before, the paid > > art liason is Kenneth Wimer (aka kwwii on Freenode). The > > final art arbitrator of all things Ubuntu is sabdfl - > > Mark Shuttleworth. > > > > 1) No there won't ever be voting. It is a hideous route > > to follow for design. Arguably, it can also be a shortcoming, > > but voting isn't the answer. > > > > 2) kwwii (as per email to the list) has been on vacation. > > > > I hope this helps, and I hope that perhaps you will see that > > the situation isn't nearly as simple as some people would > > like it to be. > > > > Sincerely, > > TJS > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >
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