Default Theme v. Community

[Ben Novack]

I don't use IRC, but my impression of the list activity is that the
community said "We don't like this as a default" and the developers
responded "Fine, it's not really the default for anyone installing off
of a recent build. So chill."


On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 11:08:06 -0500, Jason Bradley Nance
<aitrus at tresgeek.net> wrote:
>  From the very moment the new Ubuntu theme was pushed out, the major
> topic on the IRC channel has been "I don't like this.  How do I change
> it?"  The largest thread on the users' list is about the theme.
> I'm fairly liberal and believe very much in humans as art, so the theme
> itself doesn't bother me.  What does bother me is the process here.
> It is obvious that the community does not like this theme.  The crys in
> the IRC channel and on the mailing list more than show that.  However,
> it seems that the developers have come down and very politely and
> eloquently said "too bad".
> I fear that this is the first real test of the "community" idea for the
> project, and it failed.  The community spoke, was heard, and sent on
> their way.
> 
> j
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