For clarity - as we have various different bugs resulting in different desktops using the wrong desktop background in 23 Alpha - I'm creating this tracker bug which will depend on them all, and own the blocker status for this issue in general. Transferring Alpha blocker status from 1247747 to here, for now.
Discussed in 2015-08-07 Go/No-Go meeting. This bug was viewed under the same light as RHBZ#1251247 - rejected as a blocker for Alpha since it's the only outstanding issue. Rational is the following: "While this bug does violate the criterion as written, it's not deemed severe enough to block release and discussion is ongoing regarding the validity of this as an Alpha criterion." Link to meeting logs: http://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-2/2015-08-07/
For the record I'd prefer this to have been rejected on the grounds that we believe the criteria should be changed. Rejecting blockers on the basis that they violate the criteria but they're not 'severe enough to block the release' negates the entire point of the criteria and takes us back to the days where we just decide if bugs are blockers entirely on the spot.
Re-proposing as a Final blocker: "The proposed final Fedora artwork must be included and used as the background on release-blocking desktops. All Fedora artwork visible in critical path actions on release-blocking desktops must be consistent with the proposed final theme." https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_23_Final_Release_Criteria#Artwork Note, blocker status would apply only so long as GNOME and/or KDE were affected. KDE still is as I write this.
oh, that should say GNOME and/or KDE and/or Xfce, now Xfce is blocking for ARM...
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