Request: please consider clarifying the project's position on Spins

Christoph Wickert christoph.wickert at googlemail.com
Mon Dec 6 22:49:07 UTC 2010


Am Montag, den 06.12.2010, 17:25 -0500 schrieb Máirín Duffy:
> On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 17:24 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 23:19 +0100, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> > > A full suite of design tools
> > > The Fedora Design Suite was constructed for designers, by designers. It
> > > features the tools the Fedora Design Team uses on a daily basis to
> > > create the wallpapers, icons, and interfaces you see in Fedora. The spin
> > > includes everything from document layouts, to vector and bitmap
> > > graphics, to 3D modeling.
> > > 
> > > Learn More > http://spins.fedoraproject.org/design
> > 
> > It was a feature for the F13 release. We took the three or four features
> > from the F13 release that we had copy for and used them in the slides -
> > we picked the slides based on those which we had photographs or
> > screenshots for as those were the easiest. 
> > 
> > The mockups including those slides have been available since shortly
> > after F13's release in a series of blog posts I made to Fedora Planet
> > regarding the new redesign. I believe I solicited feedback and ideas on
> > content for the slides, and the community slide was based on the single
> > piece of feedback I received.
> > 
> > If you wanted a slide for your spin(s) that would have been very much
> > welcomed and considered when those mockups were posted, especially if
> > content/copy was provided. As always, the websites team is very open &
> > willing to advertise any subproject within Fedora that asks. 
> > 
> > Did you ask for a slide?
> 
> Also note the Design Suite is not my spin nor do I have much to do with
> its production...

Did I ever claim it was your spin? I only said I wonder if it should be
advertised after you mentioned it contained a serious bug.

Please don't feel offended when I did not attack you. I really don't
want a personal fight.

Thanks,
Christoph




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