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From: Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:32:42
Message-Id: CAMUzOaj2dijuykMJ9i0FZCCKHyTCo1W1A2nHjanEus18rhHrTQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme by Markos Chandras
1 On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 21:20, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
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5 > Hello fellow developers,
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7 > I would like to discuss the possibility to create a new virtual package
8 > for all the icon-theme packages. According to this bug[1], it seems like
9 > pcmanfm, and possible other applications too, require an icon-theme to
10 > be present, no matter which one. So I think it would make sense to
11 > create a new virtual package to include all the existing icon-themes.
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13 > ++: Avoid ugly dependencies like || ( x11-themes/foo-icon-theme
14 > x11-themes/bar-icon-theme ... )
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16 > - --: Not all packages include the same icons so users may end up with
17 > missing icons for some applications. However, most icon themes should
18 > include all the basic icons.
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20 > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376309
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22 > Thoughts?
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24 I like the idea, anything that makes things work out of the box
25 without sacrificing options is welcome :)
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27 > - --
28 > Regards,
29 > Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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