[ubuntu-art] New Wave (Engine)
Giuseppe Pennisi
giupenni78 at gmail.com
Tue May 13 17:20:56 BST 2008
Conn ha scritto:
> If all this NewLook fork does is apply slight changes to the
> Clearlooks engine, I would suggest you forget about it and adopt a
> "hybrid" theme, using only well-maintained engines (clearlooks,
> murrine), or even use "pixmap" as a placeholder to make a convincing
> case for a new style to be added to the official Clearlooks (or
> possibly Murrine) engine.
>
I agree. A "hybrid" theme at the moment can be a best solution than
making a fork.
> To modify an existing engine means that it becomes yet another fork
> with a few new features. That's nice, but what happens in six months
> time when the person who created this fork gets bored, and the patches
> stop applying cleanly to the Clearlooks engine? This is a serious
> technical issue that should not be ignored.
>
I agree again.
Giuseppe P.
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