[ubuntu-art] Wallpaper due dates need to be checked - was Re: Ubuntu Artwork Team Logo Deadline Extended

[John Baer]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Vishnoo <vish at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 18:11 +0100, Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 20:27 +0530, Vishnoo wrote:
> >
> > > <http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-date-format>
> > > Since obviously option 1 has its pit-fall of not being
> > > international-friendly, let's go with option 2 :  "1 February 2010"
> > >
> > > Or if we want to keep it short  : "1 Feb 2010" / "2010, 1 Feb"
> >
> > No mixed order, please.
> >
> > I'm not opposed to "1 February 2010".
>
> OK, updated the dates.
>
> While checking out the dates, I noticed that the due date for
> Xubuntu,Edubuntu,Lubuntu wallpaper is specked as *25* Mar 2011.
>
> The final date for Natty User Interface Freeze is March *24*
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NattyReleaseSchedule>
>
> While the derivatives do have freedom to be a bit flexible with the
> freeze dates, setting a due date which falls /after/ the freeze is a bit
> weird.
>
> IMO, we should close submissions 10-15days before the UI freeze.
> Closing alteast 10 days before freeze would give, 7 days for judging and
> approvals, atleast 3 days for contacting the respective artists and any
> final tweaks.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Vish
>
>
Vish,

Thank you for adding some love to the Wiki. Ten days sounds good to me but
on a different thread to this list the Lubuntu community expressed their
desire to close submissions on the March 17th. Does that work? If agreed,
let's make them all the same.

Best regards,

John
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