=== yofel_ is now known as yofel [13:33] i've written a wordpress-plugin to manage countdown banner settings (we can turn the "release switch" on/off ourself) and rewritten the countdown banner script to accommodate to that [13:34] i'm going to ask IS to create us a subdomain countdown.xubuntu.org, which will simply output you the latest countdown image [13:34] * smartboyhw likes a countdown:P [13:35] now, the question is: do we need a feature to overwrite this image randomly; eg. if beta2 is released, we could temporarily point to another image file [13:36] (i was thinking that we could try to keep the url online and "alive" all the time, even in the beginning of the cycle. these temporarily images could then be anything; telling people to follow our twitter feed or so [13:37] anyway, bbl [13:38] pleia2, ^ comments plz === yofel_ is now known as yofel [15:44] knome: seems like a lot of work maintaining so many banners, not sure it's worth it long term [15:48] pleia2, i'm not sure if you understood... [15:48] pleia2, currently, if you use the banner at xubuntu.org/countdown, it says 12.04 is out [15:48] pleia2, and of course, it should soon start counting down to 12.10 - which we have done previously [15:48] pleia2, and that will be done, and in the future, we only need IS to upload our image files, like before [15:48] pleia2, but in addition, the WP plugin could allow us to use temporary images with no IS [15:49] pleia2, eg. a month after 12.10 release, we can create a single banner that says "give us feedback", and from the web UI make xubuntu.org/countdown serve that instead of "12.10 is out!" [15:53] pleia2, and when we want, simply remove the link, and it'll say "12.10 is out!" again, as scheduled byt the normal countdown stuff [15:53] pleia2, we don't NEED to have these "special" banners if we don't want, but i can make it possible to use those if we want to [15:53] pleia2, otherwise we can only ever have normal countdown banners (which is fine too if you think that's enough) [15:55] ah, well if we don't need to use them then it's ok :) I was just worried we'd end up with having alpha1 banners sitting around if you got busy and couldn't make another [15:56] (some weeks it's hard enough to even write our release notes, let alone make new pretty banner) [15:56] lol, no [15:57] the thing is [15:57] we only have the special banner if we set one up [15:57] and for the normal countdown, we will have had to upload things via IS [15:57] yeah [15:57] but i'm not even sure myself if we need this [15:57] sounds like advertising [15:58] especially if people use the banner on their website, some self-advertising can be a bit intimidating [15:58] I've been happy enough with the existing ones [15:58] ok, good then [16:00] i'll push what i have now, and we should be flying soon [16:00] yay :) [17:57] http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/node/39 :) [17:57] :) [17:59] it's actually not very xubuntu after sweets is installed, but still [18:01] lol [18:01] more xubuntu than windows [18:01] again, bbl [18:04] good enough for me! [19:14] knome: I vote we do tourist stuff on Friday, and while doing tourist stuff we'll talk about xubuntu too ;) [19:17] worksforme [19:17] yay [19:18] "look, a mermaid! ...yes, I agree that we should continue not to have birds on our background image" [19:18] :D [19:59] Well, how about mermaids for 13.04? [20:02] astraljava, only if you'll model [20:03] I'll have to learn how to grow fish scales, first. [20:03] how will that fit "rampant rabbit" [20:04] i suppose badly without lube [20:04] * knome hides [20:05] 10.10 should've been "merry mermaid" [20:18] i do know we re in the 21th century now but i do not think xu needs to be xxx rated [20:19] bad enough that ubuntu is moving into amazon [20:19] dont get me wrong /me loves amazon but uts something i choose myself not have forced upon me