[ubuntu-art] What are we working towards?

Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen mikkel.kamstrup at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 14:59:35 GMT 2007


On 12/11/2007, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> On Sunday 11 November 2007 00:10:26 Who wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Does sabdfl still read this list? Some of these questions here may
> > only be able to be answered by him (or kwwii - are you employed to
> > work on this at the moment?). After some deliberation I've copied him
> > in. Sorry Mark if you don't think you needed to be!
>
> Yes, I am employed to work on this.
>
> > It's really cool to see this list alive again with so many ideas and
> > discussions - some of the stuff  looks really sweet, I wish I had more
> > time to contribute (though I think the standard's getting well beyond
> > me!).
>
> Indeed, it is nice to see people stepping up and showing interest in the
> artwork community. Hopefully we can turn this positive energy into great
> contributions.
>
> > While there's still so much energy around I think we need to get some
> > more definition of what the goals of the artwork team are here so we
> > can channel it in the right direction. I hope I haven't missed
> > anything about what exactly is being worked towards...I haven't been
> > keeping up with ALL the list mail recently and couldn't make the
> > meetings, but I couldn't see a clear description of goals or process
> > (emails like 'how far for Hardy' have gone unanswered... and
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtTeam which supposedly contains UDS
> > conclusions is not very detailed) The minutes of the latest meeting
> > say in response to a question about what we will be changing:
>
> The blueprint from UDS was a starting point. We discussed these issues
> (you'll
> find that discussion on the appropriate wiki page under BOF and
> Discussion).
> In the meantime several issues have come up which need clarification
> before
> we can finalize the blueprint for real use.
>
> > "Nov 01 18:47:53 <kwwii>      install screen, usplash, gdm/face broswer,
> > Desktop Wallpaper, GTK theme, colors, metacity/emerald theme, icons,
> > splash screens"
> >
> > That sounds mighty exciting, and a lot of what I am asking below has
> > clearly been discussed (from the minutes again)
> >
> > "Nov 01 18:03:47 <kwwii>      we had a meeting at UDS today
> > Nov 01 18:04:07 <kwwii>       and talked about the form of the art team
> and
> > how we lead the process"
> >
> > But I'm not sure enough info has made its way here yet. Maybe it has,
> > sorry if I've missed it.
>
> Until now the only information on the wiki is under:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy
>
> If you look at that link you will see that the official guidelines for
> contribution are forthcoming. Part of the guidelines will be the exact
> process for contributions. As this is the first occurrence of the process
> in
> this form I want to get it right - being hasty and posting something that
> is
> not well considered would only cause more problems than it would solve.


Any progress on official guidelines? That page states that the next meeting
is  1st of November... :-)

Cheers,
Mikkel
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