-1 - only because a) I don’t understand the purpose of what is going on on the bird’s chest and b) I love the idea of putting the bird in a sweater with the letter “M” on it.
Ralph > On Nov 25, 2014, at 5:05 AM, Andreas Gudian <andreas.gud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 > > Am Dienstag, 25. November 2014 schrieb Stephen Connolly : > >> For anyone who has been living under a rock, here is the background >> >> Background >> ========= >> >> I think everyone can agree that the site needs a reorganisation and a >> rewrite. Users cannot find what they need, and the end result is that >> people keep on abusing maven rather than having maven help them. >> >> Try as I might, I have been unable to motivate myself to do the >> reorganisation with the current dated look and feel of the site... I am not >> saying that picking a new logo and selecting a mascot will result in making >> progress, but it can't hurt and I believe it will help >> >> Proposed changes >> =============== >> >> 1. Change the logo font to Alte Haas Grotesk Bold with italics applied by >> Inkscape >> 2. Change the highlighted letter from 'a' to 'v' and replace the v with two >> Apache Feathers >> 3. Adopt the (currently unnamed) owl as our mascot >> >> Here is a link to the font: >> >> http://www.dafont.com/alte-haas-grotesk.font >> >> Here is a large version of the owl and the logo: >> >> >> http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final-large.png >> >> A regular version of the own and the logo, e.g. a size suitable for use in >> the top of the standard maven sites: >> >> http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final.png >> >> (Note that in all likelihood, the mascot would probably end up on the other >> side of the title bar from the logo... and that is IF the mascot ends up on >> the title bar) >> >> Here is both of those rendered in a site (as it can be helpful to see the >> graphics adjacent to text) >> >> >> http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-owl-final-context.png >> >> >> Logo Rational >> =========== >> >> If we do some searches for the Maven logo: >> >> >> https://www.google.com/search?site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=maven+logo&oq=maven+logo >> >> >> http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=maven+logo&go=Submit&qs=n&form=QBLH&scope=images&pq=maven+logo >> >> Our current logo, with a single highlighted letter stands out quite well >> from the other "maven" logos, so keeping a highlighted letter and an italic >> rendered font maintains continuity with our current logo. >> >> By changing the highlighted letter to the `v` and by using two Apache >> feathers to create the `v`, we connect our logo back to Apache... we are >> Apache Maven after all. >> >> The `v` is also the common short term for version (e.g.v3 is short for >> version 3). Apache Maven puts a lot of emphasis on versions of dependencies >> and plugins... you could say that versions are very important to Maven. >> >> The colours of the feather were changed to solid colours to match the owl >> mascot's scarf, beak and eyebrows >> >> Voting rules >> ========= >> >> Anyone who is subscribed to the dev or users list is eligible to vote. >> >> If you vote multiple times, only your final vote will be counted. >> >> The vote will be open until 1:00pm GMT on Wed 3rd Dec 2014 >> >> The vote is for all three changes as one single change. Partial votes (e.g. >> for the logo but not the mascot, or vice-versa) will not be counted. >> >> I, as the caller of the vote, reserve the right to cancel the vote if this >> vote is putting the harmony of the community at risk. >> >> If a majority of the PMC believe that this vote is putting the harmony of >> the community at risk, then the PMC may cancel this vote (though if even a >> small minority of the PMC were of that belief, I will more than likely have >> cancelled the vote before the PMC would need to decide... I'm just stating >> this FTR) >> >> The decision will be a simple majority, there will be no special veto >> powers. >> >> +1: [ ] Change the logo to the proposed logo and adopt the owl as project >> mascot >> 0: [ ] No opinion >> -1: [ ] No change >> >> Please only respond with +1, 0 or -1. If you want to discuss the proposed >> changes please use a different thread. This thread is for voting only. >> >> -Stephen >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
