Hi All:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 14:06, Scott Kitterman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ubuntu@kitterman.com">ubuntu@kitterman.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thursday, September 30, 2010 02:14:03 pm Rick Spencer wrote:<br>
> Hi all ...<br>
><br>
> I want to bring this FFE to attention:<br>
> <a href="https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/649616" target="_blank">https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/light-themes/+bug/649616</a><br>
><br>
> It is my understanding that using the Ubuntu font by default has been<br>
> the plan of record for some weeks or months. None the less, given the<br>
> time lines involved, I thought it best to raise wider awareness that we<br>
> are preparing this change as it is after even RC Freeze.<br>
><br>
> The change will set the Ubuntu font to be the default in the UI, but not<br>
> for documents or monospace. Please note that the FFE has not yet been<br>
> accepted.<br>
><br>
> Cheers, Rick<br>
<br>
</div>It was also the plan of record to have the font in the archive about a month<br>
earlier than we actually got it.<br>
<br>
Scott K<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Personally I'm welcome to the change and think the font does look great. The timing could really be improved a lot though.</div><div><br></div><div>I do however have a concern that RC images really aren't being treated as "Candidates" for gold. People are planning uploads to main as though they can still rely on another image spin for final.</div>
<div><br></div><div>According to <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseCandidate">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseCandidate</a></div><div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; ">and will only be allowed for very high-priority showstopper bugs that might justify delaying the release"</span></div>
</div><div><br></div>I don't get the impression that a lot of the uploads happening after RC was spun would realistically hit that criteria listed above.<div><br>-- <br>Mario Limonciello<br><a href="mailto:superm1@gmail.com" target="_blank">superm1@gmail.com</a><br>
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