On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 11:11:57PM +0200, Vincent Blut wrote: > Le 21/06/2012 22:08, Paul Tagliamonte a écrit : > > 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]: [1]http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy > [2]: [2]http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Roj > [3]: [3]http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/7th-element > > > Hi, > > Very good choice, however as there are many proposals in the Joy theme, > which one > will be the default? A great question :) I didn't want to make huge sweeping changes, given that this process is not going to be "standard", so I've gone with the blue theme. I took a screenshot last night before I pushed to svn, you can see it on imgur[1] :) I'm thinking of using the ink-splat as the default background, and the plain swirl in other places, and the unbranded grandiant (or perhaps the logo moved to a corner?) for the login screens. Cheers, Paul [1]: http://i.imgur.com/wUDiy.png > > Cheers, > Vincent > > References > > Visible links > 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 > WARNING: gnome-keyring:: couldn't connect to: /tmp/keyring-Wgmc12/pkcs11: No such file or directory
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