On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Dylan McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am definitely not the only one who has had his blood boil from the > recent swarm of articles "previewing" Ubuntu I with alpha 1. A specific > problem right now is that this is causing a great deal of noise about > the theme, which is Not Final and intended specifically to generate bug > reports regarding dark themes. Because of these articles, there is a > strong misconception rising that this is the shape of Ubuntu's new > theme. This can be very damaging. > > More problems tend to arise down the line once development steps beyond > the merge with Debian. Fortunately, we aren't there yet. > > This Needs to be fixed, because this release is going to get a lot of > attention. Possible fixes: > > * Very loud printing on the login screen, wallpaper or usplash > saying something along the lines of "this is a development > pre-release intended for testing. Do not use this operating > system for production work, and bear in mind that all content is > subject to change. Please file bug reports at launchpad.net." > * Information popup for the theme packages when they receive > updates, stating intent: As a means to test dark themes, and not > final; that users please watch out for theming issues and report > them because this release is the chance to fix them! Later, "we > are rotating between a variety of possible themes to gauge > interest. Please provide constructive feedback at > ubuntuforums.org". As for having a jarringly ugly theme to start > off with, I really hope that generates some contributions. > > In short, I think the alpha builds could do well making more known that > they are pre-release work, provided because the development process is > 100% open. (There seems to be some left-over misunderstanding amongst > "the crowd" that released work, regardless of status, should look nearly > final. Not the case with open source). > The info popups could actually be quite cool in this case, because they > may carry all sorts of handy testing information. As is, Ubuntu Ibex may > almost be mistaken as a release candidate. It would seem that > journalists and / or crowds are leaping at that to generate noise. > > Bye, > -Dylan > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > >
Are all these excessive danger signs warranted? Pre release versions have bugs - people get it. Seriously, is this really a big issue? Do we have any solid data to back this up? -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
