It's non-trivial to exclude the ximian patches from the "standard package" and make an extra -ximian pkg or so.
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The matter with the icon is that Taste differs :) I know many people who _like_ the "new look".
maybe -- there are rumors some people like gnome, too ;-)anyway, i reformulate and simplify the request: make changing of the icons OOo possible.
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