Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages
*- On 20 Feb, Christian Lavoie wrote about "Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages"
>> In article <[🔎] 19990216215956.A22546@bluegreen.brown.edu>,
>> Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu> wrote:
>
>> > Hi. Over the weekend, I wrote a script that converts WindowMaker
> themes to
>> >Debian packages automatically. (the themes have to follow wm.t.o's
> packaging
>> >policy). I think it would be useful for other Debian users but I
> don't really
>> >know what to do with it.
>
>> Wooo.... another one! Diversity is strength...
>
>> I've done one as well, although it doesn't do downloading and other
>> features... I've also got a GTK theme convertor for gtk.themes.org...
>
>> I'm intending to package them once my maintainer status is cleared-
>> but that'll be after slink arrives, at a guess...
>
>> http://www.arise.demon.co.uk/debian/ for anyone interested (.deb and
>> .dsc/.tar.gz).
>
> I wonder... Could/Should this be a part of apt, as a method?
>
> Apt-get install-theme-wm mytheme
>
> What you guys think?
>
I think the best solution would be something like the kernel-package
package that takes a common formated tree, such as the themes from
*.themes.org and creates a Debian packages out of it. This will save
space on the main archive and allow for the latest theme to be added to
the system without having to wait for a maintainer to upload it to the
archive. Just grab what ever one you want and build your own package
and install it.
--
Brian
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