The Importance of Being Earnest
I'm not going to argue whether it is a feature or not. That whole bit was quite ancillary to my point. I simply wanted to convey the idea that the situation is not as grave as you purport it to be. Harming Fedora's name? Good heavens, you think we're trying to do that? Everything is out there for feedback. Because we like internets.
It seems apparent as an outsider looking in that there's an apparent goal to have new icons for FC6. A noble goal, I'd add. You wanted it in by a certain date. It was missed. That sucks. But getting the first batch in wasn't missed by much. Would getting things in a week or so sooner have assuaged your complaints anyway? Magic 8-ball says not likely.
You also say this isn't being tested. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the whole reason of putting the artwork into Rawhide *is* to get testing. As soon as possible after things get done, they get added to the wiki page or to their respective packages.
The hope is that we get the icons done for FC6. And it is entirely possible, especially with the great contributions that the project has been receiving. We want to do things right. We think we are doing things right. (Apologies to the Fedora Art team for using the collective "we.")
Again, things are not as bleak as you assume they are. People want this to work. We aren't going to ship things exactly the way things are now. That would be silly and I'm not sure what gave you that idea. People are working hard on getting things done for FC6. Scrapping the entire project for FC6 because of a few issues with stars, plusses, and colors on a few icons out of ... hundreds? ... seems rather drastic. File bugs on issues you find, so they can get addressed. There may not be much time, but there is still time for improving things.
Also, for future reference, it's consiglieri.
