[ubuntu-art] WIKI: Planned update and TODO

[Viper550]

Troy James Sobotka wrote:
> If I can find some time tonight, I will be attempting
> a wiki update.
>
> What I would like to do is trim the incoming dir
> and migrate several items to 'Need Sorting'
> directories.
>
> We need four solid edgy incoming pages for each item,
> plus one summary page for referencing at a distance.
> This reflects the four primary specifications for open
> development.  Frank and Ken are frantically skittling 
> around in the background making sure some of the 
> demons in the details get taken care of.
>
> If someone takes some time to do a little art legwork
> and sort out the submissions into a clearer structure,
> I would be thankful.
>
> The bottom line -- if you want to make sure your material
> is included in this update, try to get it all in by 
> midnight PST Saturday the 22nd.  
>
> This isn't any sort of official final notice, as I try
> to keep current, but my schedule is ugly so I don't
> know how often I am going to be able to do a semi-official
> cleanup summary.  They really should be done on the 
> checkpoints in the breakdown
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs/EdgyArtworkPlan )
> and we hit a checkpoint on the 20th.
>
> Good time for a selection of feedback too, so I will try
> to get something in place to take care of that.
>
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer (and I do mean ANY),
> TJS
>
> PS:  According to the breakdown, our Proposal phase ends
> on the 7th of August, so please make sure that your attempts
> are paper documented on the wiki for feedback.  Get it 
> SOMEWHERE on there, and make sure the list knows about it.
> Also take care to make certain that your work is somewhere
> below /Artwork so that busy folks can sort without roaming
> through reams of mailing list flog.  Thanks again...
>
> THINGS TO GET WORKING ON:
>
>  * We are really missing some good Edubuntu development,
>    which is unfortunate.  I would suspect that the 
>    Edubuntu folks would appreciate _something_ to build on,
>    even if for future releases.
>
>  * Many of the wallpapers people are submitting haven't tried
>    to extrapolate them into the other components.  It would
>    look very lazy to just use a wallpaper as a background
>    for the Logon, not to mention simply unprofessional.  Yes, 
>    this means you jmak (for U and X if you can manage it), 
>    Weidel, Who_, etc.  If you submitted content, consider
>    it an obligation to at least try and present a 'look / feel'
>    spanning all four specs. ;)
>
>  * I encourage _everyone_ who intends to get proposals in
>    to try and provide a series of usplash/logon/lsplash/wallpaper
>    sheet sets for EACH loose concept.  This means that you will
>    need to prove that your ideas can coordinate and work
>    together across the four specs AND work within the existing
>    framework (EG:  Human Icons, Window Borders, etc.)
>
>  * Our specifications for FUTURE work need fleshing out. 
>    In particular:
>  
>    * Accessibility artwork is a MUST finish item for an
>      operating system that considers itself to be 'for human
>      beings'.  Some of this work is dead easy to start now like
>      SVG'ing existing Human icons into the higher contrast
>      looks.  Good experiment for folks who want to learn Inkscape,
>      with a useful byproduct as well.  Finish off those icons
>      folks!
>    * Edgy +1 longer term issues?  No one has any?  Great, 
>      that means there won't be a glut of email to the list
>      when Edgy +1 development starts!  Seriously though folks,
>      if you have things that you would like to see get 'done',
>      get those specifications in.  Make them look top notch
>      so that the guiding developers will take you seriously
>      and approve them.
>
>  * Keep your chin up as the slogging work starts!  Everyone
>    will probably grow sick to death of the work once we
>    start pounding out the Production and Polish.  It's the
>    nature of the beast, and I hope everyone will persist to
>    really finish up the work.  It is very easy to simply
>    'try something new' when you get bored after having 
>    spewed out an idea.  It is very hard to elevate the work
>    to polished and final.
>
> Awsome progress this cycle folks!
> Let's keep it up and build on the 
> momentum.
>
>
>
>   
Yes, I would like to help out with Edubuntu, I was very dissapointed at 
how Edubuntu looked for Dapper, the combination of things you chose for 
Edubuntu was UGLY together! EdubuntuColors looks VERY VERY HORRIBLE with 
a Green wallpaper (and optional Brown icons)...

I will be making a new theme for Edubuntu when I'm not working on Tropic 
(today)...

Viper550

p.s. If my Slab specification were to be included, we'll need fullsized 
versions of all the prefrences icons!