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From: Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:36:30
Message-Id: 4E3842C0.9030207@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme by Markos Chandras
1 On 08/02/2011 09:20 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
2 > Hello fellow developers,
3 >
4 > I would like to discuss the possibility to create a new virtual package
5 > for all the icon-theme packages. According to this bug[1], it seems like
6 > pcmanfm, and possible other applications too, require an icon-theme to
7 > be present, no matter which one. So I think it would make sense to
8 > create a new virtual package to include all the existing icon-themes.
9 >
10 > ++: Avoid ugly dependencies like || ( x11-themes/foo-icon-theme
11 > x11-themes/bar-icon-theme ... )
12 >
13 > --: Not all packages include the same icons so users may end up with
14 > missing icons for some applications. However, most icon themes should
15 > include all the basic icons.
16 >
17 > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376309
18 >
19 > Thoughts?
20 >
21
22 since whatever gets added to the virtual should be at least almost up to
23 date with the spec, and provide the most common icons
24
25 virtual/freedesktop-icon-theme for name, just my opinion...
26 http://standards.freedesktop.org/ as HOMEPAGE
27 freedesktop-bugs@g.o as maintainer

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme Maciej Mrozowski <reavertm@×××××.com>