On Jul 3, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
I've been looking over the artwork-related specs for Edgy via
EdgyArtworkPlan, and am very pleased to see this kind of
integration and
advance planning happening for artwork this time around. Thanks
for the
work you have put into this effort.
So far, I see the following list of targets:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-art-usplash
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-art-login-manager
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-art-login-splash
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-art-wallpaper
I've approved most of them as targets for Edgy, so that they their
status
can be tracked in Launchpad, and they're on the list of release
goals now:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/edgy/+specs
I've been fairly liberal about approving specs, since I don't think
we can
expect the same level of definition for creative targets as we
currently do
for technical ones. However, there should be some basic guidelines
in place
so that it's clear in what direction you'll be going. The usplash
spec, for
example, needs some expansion.
I noticed that you've set milestone targets for them; please don't
do this.
We'll (possibly) use milestone targeting later on in the planning
cycle to
set more fine-grained deadlines for landing certain targets. We're
not
ready to do this, however, and haven't created the appropriate
milestones
yet.
No problem :-) We tried as best we could at Paris to fit the actual
artwork process to the existing structure, which seemed somewhat too
rigid/final anyway.
I would like for the artwork team to submit weekly status updates,
either in
person at the weekly development meeting, or in advance via email
to me (and
I will present the update to the team). These should document
progress made
during the week, and point out any issues which are relevant to the
team
(questions which need answering, resources which are needed, etc.)
Who can
take responsibility for this?
It seems that the most logical people would be the AIC's (Frank and
myself) unless someone steps up with the right qualifications and a
lot of enthusiasm :-)
It looks like the specs are set to status "Needs Infrastructure",
but it
isn't clear what this means in this context. Is there something
blocking
the work from starting? If so, please specify what it is in the
status
whiteboard and we can work to resolve it.
I'm looking forward to a much more rigorous approach to artwork in
this
release, with closer coordination between the development team and
the art
team.
Hopefully this planning will pay-off not only with beautiful artwork,
but timely artwork as well.
Bye,
Ken
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