With respect to the recent debate about defaults and desktop backgrounds, I thought I'd share an idea/opinion on how desktop backgrounds, and maybe themes, could be chosen for inclusion in the default package, and be chosen as default.
First off, I think that there needs to be a clear artwork requirements page. It should have 3 sections: 'REQUIRED' and 'SUGGESTED' guidelines, and an explanation of the 'SELECTION PROCESS' used to choose the artwork and how to participate in it. Under required would be things like max file size, copyright issues, and required resolutions. Suggested guidelines would make available the palette and anything else appropriate to the category, such as a theme (a la literary/conceptual theme) for the release. I think a publicized 1 or 2 week period for accepting all artwork submissions would be fine. The submissions should appear on a gallery page where people can take a look, comment, and/or rate them, for another 1 or 2 week period starting after the submission deadline. Individuals should be prevented from easily submitting more than 8 or so wallpapers. Canonical or whoever's in charge of the wallpaper selection picks one of them for the default, one for thematic relevance + quality,and the top 2 rated by the community get included also. The submitters get contacted to double check formatting and copyright issues. Wallpapers included in one release are excluded from use in future releases. Anyhow, just my thought on how things could work. That way the process would be clear, the community helps contribute, and there aren't any surprises or confusion. Hopefully there will be some discussion, modifications and suggestions, or counter-proposals to follow so that we end up with something that is transparent and understood by the community. -SK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Free pop3 email with a spam filter. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/5 -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art