Vish, I agree that some of the comments are rude, but the fact that there are that many comments stating that the wallpaper is 'ugly' means there must be a legitimate concern. Conscious User opened this topic for us to share our thoughts, so we should keep it to that.
Thank you, Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi PS: As for my personal opinion, I think that mixing orange and aubergine doesn't fit very well. Maybe we should make the orange color more "dark"? On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Vishnoo <v...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 08:23 -0300, Conscious User wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Some of you might be already aware of the controversy caused >> by the (supposed) new default wallpaper: >> >> http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/ubuntu-1010-default-wallpaper.html >> http://humphreybc.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/the-joke-that-is-mavericks-default-wallpaper/ >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/625193 >> >> Because no one at the bug report mentioned the problem here, >> despite being repeatedly recommended by Vish to doing so, I >> am bringing up the subject. >> >> Personally, I must admit I have never seem such a heavy >> backlash before. > > Backlash? Where? > Are we now considering the above mentioned blog as a representative of > the whole Ubuntu community? > > Some of the comments there are often highly disrespectful to upstream > GNOME authors and I have personally seen upstream authors take offense > to the comments on that blog. [at times to the articles too] And had to > say that those are not the views of the whole Ubuntu community. > > What worries me is that, if we consider those blog comments to be a > representative of the whole Ubuntu community, then Upstream is justified > at being offended. > > There is constructive criticism and there is just criticism/cynicism. > Anonymity does not give a person the instant right to be rude. > > While it is easy for someone to make a passing comment about upstreams, > it becomes a waste of time for people who have to interact with > upstreams. > We could all be more productive if people spent half that time, they > spend commenting, on something more useful. > > -- > Cheers, > Vish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp