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Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:34:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri AT yahoo DOT it>
Subject: Re: Cygwin visual brand
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--- Mar 18/5/10, Andrew Schulman  ha scritto:

> > Could Christopher and/or Corinna
> please weigh in on this?=A0 There seem to be
> > a lot of ideas and energy behind this project, but I
> don't think the
> > discussion can go much further until we hear from
> them.
> >=20
> > Is either of you interested in having a redesign of
> cygwin.com?=A0 What would
> > be your criteria for an acceptable redesign?
>=20
> The silence is deafening, and a bit dispiriting.=A0 My
> reading of the list
> traffic on this question is there's broad agreement that a
> redesign is
> overdue and would provide a nice benefit to the
> project.=A0 All we have to do
> is make some decisions about what we want, and we have kind
> offers of help
> to make it so.
>=20
> But I don't think we can proceed without some buy-in from
> the project
> co-maintainers.=A0 If they don't want it or don't like
> the result, it'll go
> nowhere and be wasted effort.
>=20
> So my questions remain.=A0 Christopher and Corinna, if
> you don't think a
> redesign is a good idea, then please tell us that.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Andrew.
>=20

my 2 cents.=20
All your discussion was missing a fundamental point
for a volunteer driven project.
Where is your source/patch for the changing you propose ?

It is not really polite to ask others to change something
without making your effort to do the job.

Regards
Marco

PS: I am not at all surprised that Corinna and CGF=20
have not wasted any time in answering.






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