andi robert <anditosan1000@gmail.com> 12/13/11 22:01 PM >>> Following up with the discussion we had during our artwork meeting,
My understanding of artwork neutrality, when being discussed in our community, fell into one of two contexts Version Neutrality - Should our artwork be 'version neutral', and therefore be suitable for reuse across multiple openSUSE versions, instead of remaking/redesigning totally new designs for each release? In this scenario, my opinion is both yes and no - I have no objection to version neutral artwork, but I prefer version specific, and if we have the people and time to do it, I think we should The other 'neutrality' I've seen discussed is 'Desktop Neutrality' - Should KDE and GNOME be 'forced' to use the same Artwork, given both desktops and their different environment might favour different designs? Personally, I feel we get this 'right' currently - we seem keen to pick a design that is easy to use across the distribution, but there seems no problem in minor alterations for specific needs (eg. different cropping for Grub menu, colour changing over time for GNOME, etc) I like the idea and think that we should have the freedom to have different designs in GNOME and KDE, but just because we *could* doesn't mean we *should*, and I think a unified core design being used differently across the distribution is a way to go. As for all the other 'neutralities' you could speak about with artwork - that might be something to keep in mind, but I think the two issues above is what most people have been talking about when speaking about artwork neutrality - feel free to pipe up if I'm wrong though! :) Richard Brown Systems Engineering Team Leader City College Brighton and Hove there was an idea about making sure that our artwork was "neutral." I am not sure what this means for the artwork team or if we should actually define our artwork neutrality. It would seem appropriate to mention that neutrality relates to using artwork that does not identify other entities, religious, governmental, or social that is not openSUSE. I would invite those who proposed the definition of this idea to express their opinion about what neutrality should be interpreted as for our team. Thank you Andy (anditosan) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+owner@opensuse.org This Christmas, why not provide a loved one with the perfect opportunity to learn a new skill, make new friends, earn a qualification that could lead to a change in career or impress their current employers? City College Gift Vouchers, redeemable against any of our exciting range of Part-time and Adult Community Learning courses, are available at the Finance Department, 2nd Floor, Central Campus, Pelham Street, Brighton. www.ccb.ac.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-artwork+owner@opensuse.org