Re: WindowMaker themes -> Debian packages
Christian Lavoie wrote:
>
> > 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 don't think its 'fair' to customize apt for one program
(wmaker) and not other programs. Generally, apt is going to get
more complex as time goes on (i.e. GUI interface), so adding this
kind of special-purpose complexity is not a good idea.
--
Ed C.
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