Steven Walling writes:
> On the general point: you and others seem to be simultaneously angry that
> we tried a version without a freely-licensed font *and* that we have tried
> versions which did have FOSS fonts, but that had unexpected bugs for some
> Windows users. Which is it? Or is that you're just looking for an excuse
to
> be mad and cause a fuss because we changed the typography at all? It
sounds
> to me like it's the latter.
You are clueless, kind sir, so let me get some things straight.
1. I am deeply uncomfortable with the fact that you are choosing un-free
fonts over free ones.
2. I am deeply uncomfortable with the fact that you decided not to respect
the consensus /not/ to choose non-free fonts — such as Arial and Helvetica —
over free fonts; a discussion which I only read, but which, as far as I
remember, saw participation from yourself, Quim, Greg, and some other
people.
As for your suggestion that I'm only looking to make a fuss, here's some
basic facts for you to ponder.
A. /I/ pointed it out to Greg and to you on IRC that deploying Typography
Refresh to all wikis on the same day (March 28) was a bad idea, and that it
would be better to roll it out with MediaWiki 1.23wmf21, as it would give
time to inform the community (as well as to push some last-minute fixes).
B. /I/ was the one who added information about Typography Refresh to the
last two issues of Tech News, therefore delivering information about it to
almost 250 individual subscribers and several community pages & village
pumps.
Now, don't you think that if I wanted to make a fuss about the change:
I. I would have supported your plan to deploy it to all wikis at the same
time, so as to ensure maximum community drama, chaos and anger;
II. I would have kept the community in the dark, to ensure even more drama &
vitriol coming your way?
I'm used to you suggesting that I fabricate stuff, so if you want to think
that I'm part of some bad faith conspiracy to mean you harm in this case,
then that's fine; just keep in mind that other people might not be as
welcoming.
Tomasz
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