Bug#50494: general: More themes (gtk, gnome, various windowmanagers, etc) and more backgrounds
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Tomasz Wegrzanowski wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 10:16:02PM -0500, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> > Package: general
> > Version: 19991118
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Debian should have more themes and backgrounds and pixmaps in suitable packages,
> > at least all the ones Red Hat has (the principle competition) and maybe all
>
> Why to compete ? We may compete with NT or SCO, but doing sth only
> cause we must be better than RH is wrong.
>
> > the ones from themes.org that have gotten enough interest there (they
> > keep usage stats and votes to make some kind of judgment possible).
> >
> > I'm assuming this "wishlist bug" will get handled by adding entries to the
> > "ideas that need package maintainers" list.
>
> What we really need is a program that make thames packaging *trivial*
>
Since there are sooo many themes on the net and themes are some kind of
data, why not develop a installer package, which is capable to get a list
of available themes from lets say themes.org and let the user decide which
ones he want to download and then either if this installer is invoked as
root install them system-wide, or if it's started by the user install the
theme in the proper directory of the users home directory
just my two cents,
Matthias
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