Bug#1038660: desktop-base: please set a placeholder theme during development, different from any release
Dear Simon,
Le lundi 19 juin 2023, 20:50:35 CEST Simon McVittie a écrit :
> Package: desktop-base
> Version: 12.0.6
> Severity: normal
> Tags: trixie sid
>
> Now that Debian 12 has been released, the version of desktop-base in
> testing should no longer include Debian 12 branding, so that the testing
> installer will be visually distinct from the Debian 12 stable release.
I think this makes sense.
> The simplest possible implementation of this would be to remove the "12"
> from all the art components, but I think it would be better to use artwork
> that is obviously different.
Yes, I can do that.
> One simple "programmer-art" way to do that would be to desaturate the
> Debian 12 artwork down to greyscale to make it obviously a placeholder,
> or rotate the hue to make it a different colour.
I probably won’t do that.
> However, it might be nicer (and definitely more fun!) to have a theme
> specifically for Debian in its alpha/beta state, with a sense of "this is
> under construction", to be replaced by a proper Debian 13 theme closer
> to the Debian 13 freeze. Some of the contributors who were helping with
> debian-cd testing during the Debian 12 release process had a similar
> thought a while ago, and got as far as preparing a background image for
> this purpose - I'll ask them to follow up here.
Well I was not convinced at all by the last proposal I saw.
Obviously theming and art are very personal but I wouldn’t want to replace quality artwork we’ve been having for the last couple of releases with something I consider less attractive just for the sake of it.
OK for the artwort to convey the idea of work-in-progress but the art itself cannot be work-in-progress…
And yes I know people can change it if they like but defaults count, especially since it will be part first impressions for new users of testing.
Happy hacking,
--
Aurélien
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