Subject: Re: official logo proposal
To: Roland Illig <rillig@NetBSD.org>
From: Mark Kirby <mark@fishladder.co.uk>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 09/18/2007 09:30:23
On 18 Sep 2007, at 09:28, Roland Illig wrote:

> Roland Illig wrote:
>> Dieter Baron wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> we (pkgsrc PMC) have been asked to decide on an official logo for
>>> pkgsrc.  We are happy to present a candidate here.
>> Great, let's take it without much discussion. :)
>
> Ok, with this statement I wanted to avoid an overly long  
> discussion, but since you all seem to like discussions, here's my  
> opinion:
>
> * The font looks ugly. It has so many slopes and less straight  
> lines, so it doesn't fit the simplicity goal.
>
> * Having the "src" in dark black doesn't match the NetBSD logo. I  
> like the gray much more, since it doesn't create such a high contrast.

Why does it need to match the NetBSD logo? Pkgsrc is used on many  
other platforms, for that reason alone it should not follow the  
NetBSD logo's colours.

Mark