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Subject: Re: [kde-promo] Article about Baloo
From: Vishesh Handa <me () vhanda ! in>
Date: 2014-02-19 9:59:36
Message-ID: 1640654.HpcGuUbUBq () vlap
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On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 02:30:13 PM Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Monday, February 17, 2014 20:42:42 Carl Symons wrote:
> > On 02/17/2014 05:03 PM, Markus Slopianka wrote:
> > > On Monday 17 February 2014 23:29:47 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> > > > Let's not go there, the decision for the name was taken a long time
> > > > ago.
> > > > But you DID give me a good laugh... 😎
> > >
> > > Just sayin' and nothing is set in stone until the release was made...
> > > I am 100 % confident in Vishesh's skills that the framework will be
> > > great
> > > but let's be honest: The name is inviting trolls...
> >
> > If we can't fix it, we should feature it.
>
> Well, that's just it. It *can* be fixed.
>
> The main problem is that any given developer can freely alter something that
> has profound PR ramifications on the whole of KDE. Given that few
> developers have experience with public communication or media relations,
> this is a recipe for disaster.
>
> Honestly, this rename should never have happened in the first place. The
> cost to KDE is significant in terms of throwing away prior public
> communication and the introduction of confusion. (This confusion is visible
> all over social media right now..)
>
We discussed this in public and privately, and came to the conclusion that
this is a risk worth taking.
> In this case the developer actually went back on their word to not make the
> new name a publicly visible brand, which has compounded the issue because,
> since I trusted their word on this, there was little advance work done to
> head off the obvious fallout that would ensue, such as seen today on
> Phoronix.
I went back on my word? Is there any mention of Baloo in any public UI?
Unless you consider repository and project names to be "public".
>
> The talk in this thread of creating a logo/icon for Baloo is wildly
> misdirected as well. There is a logo/icon for "desktop search" in KDE
> already. Swapping it out serves none of our users and works directly
> against public communications continuity.
No it does not. The current icon is an abstract icon for "Nepomuk" which
doesn't say anything about what it does.
--
Vishesh Handa
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