Steven Walling writes:
On the general point: you and others seem to be simultaneously angry that we tried a version without a freely-licensed font *and* that we have tried versions which did have FOSS fonts, but that had unexpected bugs for some Windows users. Which is it? Or is that you're just looking for an excuse
to
be mad and cause a fuss because we changed the typography at all? It
sounds
to me like it's the latter.
You are clueless, kind sir, so let me get some things straight.
1. I am deeply uncomfortable with the fact that you are choosing un-free fonts over free ones. 2. I am deeply uncomfortable with the fact that you decided not to respect the consensus /not/ to choose non-free fonts — such as Arial and Helvetica — over free fonts; a discussion which I only read, but which, as far as I remember, saw participation from yourself, Quim, Greg, and some other people.
As for your suggestion that I'm only looking to make a fuss, here's some basic facts for you to ponder.
A. /I/ pointed it out to Greg and to you on IRC that deploying Typography Refresh to all wikis on the same day (March 28) was a bad idea, and that it would be better to roll it out with MediaWiki 1.23wmf21, as it would give time to inform the community (as well as to push some last-minute fixes). B. /I/ was the one who added information about Typography Refresh to the last two issues of Tech News, therefore delivering information about it to almost 250 individual subscribers and several community pages & village pumps.
Now, don't you think that if I wanted to make a fuss about the change:
I. I would have supported your plan to deploy it to all wikis at the same time, so as to ensure maximum community drama, chaos and anger; II. I would have kept the community in the dark, to ensure even more drama & vitriol coming your way?
I'm used to you suggesting that I fabricate stuff, so if you want to think that I'm part of some bad faith conspiracy to mean you harm in this case, then that's fine; just keep in mind that other people might not be as welcoming.
Tomasz