Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Bill Janssen
> Of course, if you do so and say the issue is settled, I'm going to be > more than a little upset because I was asked to look into generating > an icon, I have done so and even found someone who has already done > some initial work on it, and I'm going to have to tell this person to > scra

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Kevin Ollivier
Hi Bill, On Mar 2, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Bill Janssen wrote: >> That's just one icon, we need several icons. At least we now have a >> consistent set of icons. An historical looking set of icons, but a >> *set* >> of icons. > > Yes, I comprehend, several different icons for the various > applicatio

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Bill Janssen
> That's just one icon, we need several icons. At least we now have a > consistent set of icons. An historical looking set of icons, but a *set* > of icons. Yes, I comprehend, several different icons for the various applications are needed. The base logo is just a starting place. > > Surely bett

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread skip
>> Surely better to act up front! More snakes on the web page! Ronald> But Python isn't named after snakes ;-) ;-) True enough, but I think even Guido has abandoned that argument. Had it been named "Monty Python", "Cleese" or "Cheeseshop" you might have a leg to stand on, but it's just

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 2-mrt-2006, at 18:55, Bill Janssen wrote: > Ron Oussoren writes: >> The 16 ton icon stays until someone brings a better alternative. > > W. R. Wing writes: >> I LIKE the python squeezing the apple. The 16 ton icon is not only >> amateurish, it is so indirect an "in" joke as to be inscrutable

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Christopher Barker
Donovan Preston wrote: > Stop with the 16 ton weight/snakes/apples debate. Just use the new, > official, python logo, +1 -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (20

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Kevin Ollivier
Hi Donovan, On Mar 2, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Donovan Preston wrote: > > On Mar 2, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Bill Janssen wrote: > >> Ron Oussoren writes: >>> The 16 ton icon stays until someone brings a better alternative. > > Stop with the 16 ton weight/snakes/apples debate. Just use the new, > official, py

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Paul Berkowitz
On 3/2/06 9:55 AM, "Bill Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Oussoren writes: >> The 16 ton icon stays until someone brings a better alternative. > > W. R. Wing writes: >> I LIKE the python squeezing the apple. The 16 ton icon is not only >> amateurish, it is so indirect an "in" joke as to

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Donovan Preston
On Mar 2, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Bill Janssen wrote: > Ron Oussoren writes: >> The 16 ton icon stays until someone brings a better alternative. Stop with the 16 ton weight/snakes/apples debate. Just use the new, official, python logo, which is a stylized icon that isn't going to offend anybody, i

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Bill Janssen
Ron Oussoren writes: > The 16 ton icon stays until someone brings a better alternative. W. R. Wing writes: > I LIKE the python squeezing the apple. The 16 ton icon is not only > amateurish, it is so indirect an "in" joke as to be inscrutable to > anyone coming new to the party. I agree with Wi

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] universal binary installer, take 1

2006-03-02 Thread Bob Ippolito
On Mar 2, 2006, at 5:57 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > > On Thursday, March 02, 2006, at 02:20PM, Jerome Laheurte > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >> >>> On 28-feb-2006, at 22:07, Ronald Oussoren wrote: Known issues: - "regrtest -uall" cr

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] universal binary installer, take 1

2006-03-02 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On Thursday, March 02, 2006, at 02:20PM, Jerome Laheurte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > >> On 28-feb-2006, at 22:07, Ronald Oussoren wrote: >>> >>> Known issues: >>> - "regrtest -uall" crashes somewhere in test_db3 (bus error) >> >> I don't understand w

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On Thursday, March 02, 2006, at 01:40PM, W. R. Wing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 5:56 PM -0600 3/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Ronald> The page looks fine, but it might be better to remove the icon >> Ronald> or replace it by the current MacPython icon (the 16 ton >> Ronald> we

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Download page on www.python.org now updated

2006-03-02 Thread W. R. Wing
At 5:56 PM -0600 3/1/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ronald> The page looks fine, but it might be better to remove the icon > Ronald> or replace it by the current MacPython icon (the 16 ton > Ronald> weight). It's not that I don't like the snake, but some people > Ronald> claim a lif