On 5/28/14, Jim Perrin jperrin@centos.org wrote:
Let's not worry about the number itself. I would suggest we drop the number, and tnstead lets focus on the 'CentOS' so that the artwork is reusable and can be adapted as needed. Would that work for you?
Reusing artworks (specially brands) is one of my goals and work directions in CentOS Artwork SIG. In that sake, removing the release number from The CentOS Brand would be a good idea but, in some cases, it is not always an viable option (e.g., consider release-specific artworks like the installation media). If we remove the release number from such artworks, only the artistic motif would remain in them as visual identifier to infer what release number the artwork (and more importantly the software it represents to) pertains to. Using the release number is a matter of adding more information and reducing, this way, any sort of confusion about what release of CentOS one is really using.
I think that dropping the release number from prominent areas wouldn't help people to know better what major release of CentOS distribution they are using in their computers. This is true for other areas as well (e.g., documentation). However, I agree; it introduces a work load every time a new release is out and that isn't very good.
This way, the CentOS Artwork SIG is addressing this issue by writing a tool for automating the image rendition process, so it is possible for the community to produce all release-specific images with a single command. I wouldn't like to limit this tool so the community can use release number in the images if they need to, at some point. And, to do so, the typography information The CentOS Project wants to use for it is always necessary.
-- al.