Announcing a Debian wallpaper package.

[Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org>]

Hi,

  Recently I re-raised the issue of a simple wallpaper package for
 Debian, which would hopefully be window manager and desktop environment
 independent.

  At the time I held of posting it because I was unsure of the status
 of the images I happen to have for my backdrops.  Thankfully this issue
 has now been resolved.

  I've placed my two packages online at the following apt source
 http://www.steve.org.uk/apt/ - the page has details of what to add
 and which packages are available.
  
       wallpapers-common
         This is the base package, which contains a couple of images and
        the script necessary to do the real work.

       wallpapers-lotr [2.5mb - to warn you in advance ;]
         A collection of Tolkien inspired artwork.

  At the moment I'm aware of a few small flaws, such as potential filename
 collision of the images, and the fact that the desktop size is not 
 autodetected.

  I believe I can handle the desktop size issue via `xprops`, and can
 solve the issue of filename collision by storing images in directories
 corresponding to the name of the packages.  Both of these will require
 a small amount of additional work.

  I'd appreciate any other problem reports, or comments though!

Steve
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www.steve.org.uk

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