On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 02:32:59PM +0100, Dave Neary wrote: > > > I have no objections as long as people are happy with this. I > > > would be a little worried about some splashes not getting a fair > > > whack because they were submitted late, but sure, why not. > > > > > > When do you think it would be fair to call a result? > > Well, if I understand you correctly, the core developers have to make > > the decision which splash screen will be in the next gimp release. > > I disagree. It should be a user community decision primarily. Of course, the > core developers belong to the user community. Maybe a note should be put onto the voting page - like "Remember that this splash screen will be shown to a lot of users, many of whon are not computer freaks or experts. Therefore, the splash screen should be worthy a respectable image manipulation app.". > > If this all is to complicated from now on and you guys want a splash > > screen fast, I'm very fine with your solution Dave. I don't have to make > > the decision which splash screen will be the winner, so I can shut up if > > you already figured out how to judge :) Dunno what the others think > > about this ... > > One of the advantages of the panel system is that a few people can be > conscientious and look at all the entries, whereas a larger pool of people is > more likely to pick their favourites froml the first 100 or 150 splashes, and Just randomize them - use a seed value based on the nickname so that the page looks the same every time. > ignore the last 300, which would be a shame, since there are some really nice > ones down there. Another consideration is that a panel can ignore splashes that > we can't ship for one reason or another (copyright material, other people's > trademarks, etc) and can also use agreed guidelines (no photos, for example) > whereas that's harder for a much larger collective. My k.o. criteria: - just a photo - screenshot with OS-specifics (e.g. window decoration) - advocacy > In either case, we need some kind of resolution on this today or we run into the > other thing I was worried about, which is time. > > I suggest that > - Mukund wipes the existing votes > - We give people on the mailing lists until Thursday to vote > - Please try to avoid getting mukund's page slashdotted Mirrors, anyone? Votes are easy to add... > - On Thursday evening, if the top choice is not invalid for some reason, we're > done. If it is, we go onto second choice. Etc. ACK. The voting pages should close automatically (and communicate this clearly). Bye, Tino.
