[ubuntu-art] What is the art team?

Suraj James surajjames at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 11 21:21:04 BST 2008


> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:49:24 +0100
> From: mailforwho at googlemail.com
> To: ubuntu-art at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] What is the art team?
> 
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Cory K. <coryisatm at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > There really is no proper definition on this.
> >
> > So in the interest of defining that, here are my thoughts.
> >
> > What we are not:
> >
> >    * A team that creates art for the default of Ubuntu.
> >
> >
> > What we are/should be:
> >
> >    * A team that creates artwork for community packages to be released
> >      in the repos or on disk (not default) as disk size permits.
> >
> >
> > Anyone have issue with the above?
> >
> > What do *you* think the definition of the art team is/should be? *If*
> > your idea is to make default art, that's not on the table. Now the
> > definition I'm trying to get down to should be simple. 1 or 2 sentences.
> > What comes out of this discussion will be the official definition of the
> > team. So think well about it. :)
> >
> I thought about this a while ago, but the post to the list didn't get
> much response.
> 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2008-July/006963.html
> 
> I proposed:
> 
> "Ubuntu-artwork is a team of people who are interested in making
> additional themes for Ubuntu. If you've got an idea for a new look
> that could ship alongside the default, or want to work towards
> something that you think might one day challenge for the default spot,
> then jump in, the water's great. We tend to work in small groups on
> themes, so alongside people with a strong vision who can lead a team
> we need plenty of others that can work together to help get a great
> complete, cohesive look. This involves designers, packagers, GTK+
> themeing experts (hey, even QT theme experts are welcome :P) and we
> could certainly do with a few more hackers. If you're any of those
> things, or think you want to be soon, then you should be at home in
> this team.
> 
> 
> Oh, and we'd really like you to have a look at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style - we much prefer anyone to
> avoid top posting wherever possible on this list. Along with the
> reasons at wikipedia, it upsets the aesthetic, and, well, we're an
> aesthetic-loving kinda group ;)"

The Question is "Who the hell makes the default theme ?". Does anybody know ?

~ Mogambo

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