Howdy, desktop, As many of you know, we're tragically close to freeze. As a result, the usual process of voting, debating and picking a theme via consensus is not really possible. There was also a distinct lack of interest in such a process, as well. I've taken it upon myself to start getting desktop-base into shape for wheezy. I've picked the "Joy"[1] theme by Adrien Aubourg as the default for Debian 7.0, which features a tasteful, understated and classic look, something that both identifies as Debian while still maintaining an air of professionalism. Congrats, and thank you Adrien! I'd like to thank everyone who submited artwork, and express how impressed I am with the artistic talent we have in Debian. I'd like to also give high honors to the "Roj"[2] theme, as well as the "7th Element"[3] theme. If there was more time before freeze, I'd love to have seen a working mockup of 7th Element. I don't think anyone will argue that 7th Element had one of the most jaw-dropping and impressive login designs I've ever seen. The plan for wheezy is as follows: * I've pushed changes to desktop-base to SVN. * Once I give it some finial polish, I will target an upload to experimental, where it will (hopefully) recieve some testing, feedback and patches. * Once it's in good shape, or directly before freeze, an upload to unstable will be targeted. Cheers, - Paul [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy [2]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Roj [3]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/7th-element
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