Bug#860503: libxcursor1: suggest /etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme of the standard cursors
Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org> writes:
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> But you're asking for the core theme to be offered by a core
> X package,
Yes. The core cursors live in some base part of the core and I think
could express their availability, as a theme, somewhere there.
> xcursor-themes is optional.
Ah, I don't think I knew it included core as a theme. I'd say
/etc/X11/cursors/core.theme could be in a more base package.
> We could set this up in the
> postinst script of a X11 base package (libxcursor1 could be a
> reasonable choice, otherwise xorg, xserver-xorg or xserver-xorg-core),
Oh, now I'm not sure I know who actually reads the alternative. The
server on reset? All client programs (through libxcursor1)?
> But even then it would not solve your problem: xcursor-themes is
> priority 30 while adwaita-icon-theme is priority 90.
That's ok. It's probably proper for an add-on to be above the core,
since installing it usually means you want it (though that's not the
case with adwaita - it being brought in for the pics in gtk programs but
then puts global cursors).
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