+1 really like the new logo (or better any of those owls).
LieGrue, strub > On Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 12:02, Arnaud Héritier <aherit...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > +1 > > thx > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> On 25 November 2014 at 10:57, Stephen Connolly < >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > 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 >> > >> > > > > -- > ----- > Arnaud Héritier > http://aheritier.net > Mail/GTalk: aheritier AT gmail DOT com > Twitter/Skype : aheritier > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
