Re: [desktop] debian backgrounds package

[Mark <markdrago@mail.com>]

I think the size of the backgrounds should be 1280x1024, and then they 
can be resized to 1024x768 and these 2 background sizes are used by 80% 
of the users (according to http://www.kde-look.org/poll/poll.php?poll=19 
.  I also think that the voting should only vote for the backgrounds and 
there should be a seperate vote for preferred resolution.  These two 
votes should not be coupled at all.  Otherwise you may end up with 
background1@1024x768 and background2@1280x1024.  It's important that all 
of the backgrounds in the package be of the same size.  Also, there 
should be a way for people to submit backgrounds before the vote.  I've 
created a background for debian but have never published it anywhere. 
Just my humble opinion(s).

-- Mark Drago
Markdrago@mail.com

Jean-Michel Kelbert wrote:

> Hi,
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> I intend to create a package which will contain debian related
> backgrounds.  (For the moment it is not a "true" ITP) I know, there are
> some backgrounds in the desktop-base package. However I thinks that
> these backgrounds will not suit to everybody. For example, I really like
> Ayo's, but some people found them too flashy. That's why I intend to put
> a large selection of debian background in a separate package. I have
> started creating a list of available debian backgrounds. This list can
> be found on http://people.debian.org/~kelbert/wallpapers.html (It
> doesn't look very nice, it's only a list of links)
> What do you think about this idea ?
>
> We could imagine that backgrounds which will be in this package will
> be selected by users, by using a sort of poll, before uploading the
> package into debian. As a matter of fact, I think that having too much
> backgrounds will not facilitate final user choice and taking too much
> space on the servers.
>
> Another point that I would like to point out concerns the size of
> provided backgrounds.  According to a survey on kde-look.org, the most
> used resolution (for kde users) is 1024x768 (47%)
> (http://www.kde-look.org/poll/poll.php?poll=19).
> That's why I think that all backgrounds should be provided in this size
> if possible. However we have to think on what to do if a background is
> available on many size. Should a package for each resolution be created
> ? In that case should we resize backgrounds that are not available in a
> specific size, so that all background packages will contain the same
> backgrounds, or shouldn't we ?
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> I am waiting on your opinion on this suggestion.
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> Thanks
>
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