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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 18:55:08
Message-Id: CAMUzOajQiPrv6Lw4RWt3D0Adzdb8RghdYp8a0-BGE9qbN78dXw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: virtual/icon-theme by "Paweł Hajdan
1 On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 21:48, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." <phajdan.jr@g.o> wrote:
2 > On 8/2/11 11:20 AM, Markos Chandras wrote:
3 >> I would like to discuss the possibility to create a new virtual package
4 >> for all the icon-theme packages. According to this bug[1], it seems like
5 >> pcmanfm, and possible other applications too, require an icon-theme to
6 >> be present, no matter which one. So I think it would make sense to
7 >> create a new virtual package to include all the existing icon-themes.
8 >
9 > www-client/chromium isn't going to take this train. I was thinking about
10 > something similar a few months ago but it turned out to be more complex
11 > (the icon set used depends on the running desktop environment).
12 >
13 > Anyway, if it's useful for other packages sounds good to me.
14
15 When running a DE you usually have an icon set lying around, the
16 problem usually shows up when you run a simple WM with random apps on
17 top.
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