[Biopython-dev] Changing the Biopython Logo

[Peter Cock]

I forgot to write back on Friday - there was a longer than
expected delay to get the WordPress emails via the
mailman mailing list - but it worked.

The Gravatar is now showing the new logo, and this is
used on AppVeyor which is why I was looking at this:

https://ci.appveyor.com/project/biopython/biopython/history

Peter

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 12:30 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I've run into a glitch updating the Gravatar to the new logo,
> which as you can see, it is currently still our old logo:
>
> https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e17c48d1ab6c19cc203ad82d691e3806?s=200
>
> That is the MD5 of the mailman biopython-dev-owner
> address, but I don't recall the password I used to register it,
> and the emails from WordPress to reset it are (currently)
> not reaching us.
>
> Peter
>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:05 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Biopythoneers,
>>
>> No one has raised any objections, so after 14 years of usage
>> we will transition away from the DNA structure inspired two
>> yellow snake double helix logo by  Henrik Vestergaard and
>> Thomas Hamelryck - and adopt the new blue and yellow
>> snake double helix logo contributed by Patrick Kunzmann.
>>
>> http://biopython.org/wiki/Logo
>> https://github.com/biopython/biopython.github.io/pull/116
>>
>> I will always have a soft spot for the old logo, which was
>> introduced shortly before I first started using Biopython, but
>> am looking forward to seeing the new logo being adopted.
>>
>> Thank you Henrik, Thomas, and Patrick,
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Peter
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear Biopythoneers,
>>>
>>> In case you were not aware, Patrick Kunzmann has created a
>>> new logo for Biopython, and based on the positive feedback
>>> I am proposing we adopt it at the end of next week.
>>>
>>> See email below sent to the main mailing lists (with a different title),
>>> resending here also including the low volume biopython-announce
>>> mailing list as well.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:54 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Biopython] Suggestion for a new biopython logo
>>> To: Patrick Kunzmann <padix.kleber at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: "biopython at biopython.org" <biopython at biopython.org>, Biopython-Dev
>>> Mailing List <biopython-dev at mailman.open-bio.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> To recap for those not following the GitHub issue [1], based on
>>> the voting there was a clear preference for a monotone yellow and
>>> blue version of Patrick's logo using an overhead view of the snake
>>> heads with blunt nose and no tongue.
>>>
>>> We have confirmed with the Python Software Foundation (PSF)
>>> that they have no trademark concerns since the current Python
>>> logo is also a yellow and blue snake [2].
>>>
>>> If there are no objections here on the mailing list or on the GitHub
>>> issue, I propose we adopt the new logo at the end of next week
>>> (i.e. Friday 9 June).
>>>
>>> As a curtesy, I will forward this email directly to past major
>>> contributors including the named authors of the 2009 publication,
>>> in case they have missed these discussions.
>>>
>>> Thank you all - especially Patrick for coming up with a stylish fresh
>>> new take on our classic logo (and for getting involved on the code
>>> side of Biopython as well).
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Peter
>>>
>>> [1] https://github.com/biopython/biopython.github.io/pull/116
>>> [2] http://mailman.open-bio.org/pipermail/biopython-dev/2017-May/021703.html
>>> and https://github.com/biopython/biopython.github.io/pull/116#issuecomment-303666735