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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:36:33
Message-Id: 4E412948.7040201@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme by Maciej Mrozowski
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4 On 08/08/2011 05:58 μμ, Maciej Mrozowski wrote:
5 > On Tuesday 02 of August 2011 20:32:32 Samuli Suominen wrote:
6 >> On 08/02/2011 09:20 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
7 >>> Hello fellow developers,
8 >>>
9 >>> I would like to discuss the possibility to create a new virtual
10 >>> package for all the icon-theme packages. According to this
11 >>> bug[1], it seems like pcmanfm, and possible other applications
12 >>> too, require an icon-theme to be present, no matter which one. So
13 >>> I think it would make sense to create a new virtual package to
14 >>> include all the existing icon-themes.
15 >>>
16 >>> ++: Avoid ugly dependencies like || ( x11-themes/foo-icon-theme
17 >>> x11-themes/bar-icon-theme ... )
18 >>>
19 >>> --: Not all packages include the same icons so users may end up
20 >>> with missing icons for some applications. However, most icon
21 >>> themes should include all the basic icons.
22 >>>
23 >>> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376309
24 >>>
25 >>> Thoughts?
26 >>
27 >> since whatever gets added to the virtual should be at least almost
28 >> up to date with the spec, and provide the most common icons
29 >>
30 >> virtual/freedesktop-icon-theme for name, just my opinion...
31 >> http://standards.freedesktop.org/ as HOMEPAGE
32 >> freedesktop-bugs@g.o as maintainer
33 >
34 > ++
35 >
36 > virtual/freedesktop-icon-theme is a better name IMHO as it's what
37 > this virtual icon theme actually is - theme compliant with
38 > freedesktop standard (so that can be used by applications claiming
39 > support like chromium, KDE, Gtk apps), not just some icon theme (as
40 > any instant messenger icon set would fall under "some icon theme"
41 > category for instance).
42 >
43 Yes I will fix the name and the typo that was mentioned in another
44 reply. I will commit the virtual tonight.
45
46 - --
47 Regards,
48 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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