[ubuntu-art] Mark has Thrown Down the Gauntlet!

[Kenneth Wimer]

On Thursday 24 July 2008 00:32:34 Justin Dugger wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Klaus Bitto <klaus.bitto at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 21:28, Ashton  wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Matthew Nuzum  wrote:
> >>> I'd love to see a .deb file I can install to get the new themes. So
> >>> far I've seen some tarballs floating around that I have no clue how to
> >>> use.
> >>
> >> As far as gtk them installs go, all you need to do is go to the themes
> >> tab in the appearances menu and click Install (lower right corner). Then
> >> you choose one of the floating tarballs you've downloaded, and you
> >> should be set.
> >
> > You can also simply drag and drop a .tar.gz theme archive into the
> > appearance properties window to install it.
>
> These do work, but it would be nice to automatically track the
> progress of a theme, rather than manually manage themes and variations
> floating around.  Launchpad can help with bzr branches and PPAs.  We
> have the technology, let's use it to win that whole beauty pageant
> thing!

I think that most of the artists on this list have little or no experience 
with what launchpad and bazaar has to offer. It's not hard, once someone has 
explained how once. It is more a matter of a) knowing such things exist and 
b) having someone take you through it step by step.

Maybe someone or a group of someones would be interested in creating some 
simplified, artwork directed howtos and/or helping people along the way?

--
Kenneth