[Fwd: Re: F10 artwork questions]

Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Thu Oct 16 13:52:28 UTC 2008


Jonathan Roberts wrote:
>> There are two problems:
>> - schedule: even if the selection of the release name was moved near to the
>> development cycle start trying to help the Art team, it still was quite
>> late;
>> - for F9 we really tried such a tie, integrating sulphur crystals in the
>> graphics, but the feed-back was negative so we took it down at the last
>> minute. You can't link a good theme with any name (Cambridge is also tough
>> from this point of view - use a stylised version of the university? a
>> science lab? - not many options).
> 
> I suppose reversing it and doing the artwork first and basing the name
> of that isn't an option because of the legal problems it would cause?

That is one reason and the another is that basing the release name on 
the graphic theme would effectively make the Art team to dictate the 
release name.

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