[ubuntu-art] spec for Human Qt theme

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Tuesday 21 November 2006 23:12, Wes Morgan wrote:
> Kenneth,
>
> Great! Your help will be most appreciated.
>
> Here's what I'm thinking on your KDE 3 vs. 4 question:
>
> The point of this spec is mainly to make sure that Qt/KDE apps running in
> Ubuntu (GNOME) look and feel exactly like GNOME/GTK apps (or as close as we
> can get). So, it seems like we need both a Qt/KDE 3 version and a Qt/KDE 4
> version. Because there are many (binary) apps out there that are Qt
> 3-based, and more and more that are Qt 4-based, not to mention the
> impending KDE-wide shift to Qt 4 with the upcoming release of KDE 4. But
> even when that comes out, it would still be nice to support the older Qt
> 3-based apps with this theme.
>
> I would think we should start with Qt/KDE 3 (at least for the feisty cycle)
> and then we can focus on Qt/KDE 4 (in the feisty cycle too, if there's
> time, feisty+1 if not, since I would imagine that Kubuntu feisty+1 will be
> a KDE 4 system).
>
> Does that seem right?
>

Yepp. It sounds great. In the end it depends on the amount of work one wants 
to put into something :-)

I hope that we can continue this discussion. From the KDE side, it is also a 
goal to use consistent icons in gnome apps running under kde. In the end, 
working on this will help both projects, so I am all for it :-)

Bye,
Ken

> Wes
>
> On 11/21/06, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at bootsplash.org> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 22:28, Wes Morgan wrote:
> > > Great. The first thing we need then, is a Qt theme that closely
> >
> > resembles
> >
> > > Human GTK. Any out there experienced with Qt theming that can assist me
> > > with this? I'm thinking we can start with some of the attempts that
> > > have been made already and polish them up a bit. (See wiki page for
> > > links)
> >
> > I can help. I did the Kubuntu artwork for the last two releases and I'm
> > deeply
> > involved with KDE and KDE artwork (not to mention that I did all the art
> > for
> > SuSE for 7 years).
> >
> > There are still several open questions...is this for kde3 or kde4 or
> > both? KDE
> > is migrating to the xdg icon naming spec for kde4, so it might be a lot
> > less
> > work to worry about kde4 and try to get things right for that before
> > making
> > something for the short term. Then again, maybe it would be nice to have
> > something right away, while still working on the future...
> >
> > > Is there a Kubuntu art list that I should be cross-posting this to?
> >
> > Nope, this is the one and only art list for *buntu (although I have often
> > thought that it might help to have a list for Kubuntu artwork alone as it
> > might help the Kubuntu art community).
> >
> >
> > Bye,
> > Ken
> >
> > > Wes
> > >
> > > On 11/19/06, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at canonical.com> wrote:
> > > >  Wes Morgan wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The spec is here:
> > > > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/human-theme-for-qt-and-kde
> > > >
> > > > What do you folks think of this? Where should I go next to get the
> >
> > ball
> >
> > > > rolling? I'm hoping to get something in place for feisty+1. Feel free
> >
> > to
> >
> > > > rip that wiki page to shreds with questions, comments, rants,
> >
> > whatever.
> >
> > > > :)
> > > >
> > > > You're following exactly the right process: spec, discuss, implement.
> >
> > For
> >
> > > > the implementation phase, you might want to meet up (online :-)) with
> > > > some of the MOTU team, to talk about getting the pieces packaged that
> >
> > you
> >
> > > > need. If you can do the packaging, they can sponsor the uploads till
> >
> > you
> >
> > > > are approved as an uploader yourself.
> > > >
> > > > Mark