Re: The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-19 Thread Robert Boyd
On 1/18/06, Paul McGuire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks like a plus sign to me, evoking the idea of incremental improvement. A cross (as in Christian symbol) really has an elongated leg to the bottom. But it most closely resembles two snakes (see the little eyes at the top and bottom?),

Re: The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-18 Thread Steve Holden
Obaid R. wrote: Bugs wrote: I thought I read here that a new website design was in the works for python.org in time for the new year? Is that still true and of so, anyone know what is it's status? Thanks! I googled around and found no background on how the new Python logo came to be

Re: The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-18 Thread Steve Holden
Obaid R. wrote: Bugs wrote: I thought I read here that a new website design was in the works for python.org in time for the new year? Is that still true and of so, anyone know what is it's status? Thanks! I googled around and found no background on how the new Python logo came to be

Re: The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-18 Thread Neil Hodgson
Steve Holden: The history of this choice is lost in the mists of time. Many other proposals were made and discussed at around the same time, to the extent that it became clear no one choice could win universal approval. The two snakes have just been arguing (over decorator syntax, the

Re: The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-18 Thread Paul McGuire
Obaid R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bugs wrote: I thought I read here that a new website design was in the works for python.org in time for the new year? Is that still true and of so, anyone know what is it's status? Thanks! I googled around and found no

Re: The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-18 Thread Steve Holden
Paul McGuire wrote: Obaid R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bugs wrote: I thought I read here that a new website design was in the works for python.org in time for the new year? Is that still true and of so, anyone know what is it's status? Thanks! I googled

The Python cross? Was New Python.org website

2006-01-17 Thread Obaid R.
Bugs wrote: I thought I read here that a new website design was in the works for python.org in time for the new year? Is that still true and of so, anyone know what is it's status? Thanks! I googled around and found no background on how the new Python logo came to be selected. Does any one