+1 for the shotgun owl ! K
2014-11-25 13:28 GMT+01:00 Mark Struberg <[email protected]>: > +1 > > really like the new logo (or better any of those owls). > > LieGrue, > strub > > > > > >> On Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 12:02, Arnaud Héritier <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > +1 >> >> thx >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Connolly < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> On 25 November 2014 at 10:57, Stephen Connolly < >>> [email protected]> 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
