[ubuntu-art] New Theme every LTS release

[Danny Piccirillo]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:59 AM, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Thursday 04 September 2008 13:46:13 Danny Piccirillo wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but i've been trying to
> > think of ways to get new, better themes into Ubuntu. What i mean is,
> every
> > release, we see beautiful mockups, but nothing ever comes of it. I think
> > something needs to change so that these mockups have a chance of getting
> > worked on. If not this, i think something should be done differently to
> > address this problem-- it doesn't matter what. My idea is simply that
> after
> > every LTS release, a mockup is voted on to work on for the next LTS
> > release, giving plenty of time to work on it. Is this reasonable? Would
> > this work?
>
> Shortly before 8.04 (Hardy Heron) it was decided that the LTS release is
> the
> final release in an artwork cycle, exactly as you suggest.


Hm, are these themes chosen for inclusion in intrepid? Because i was
thinking the problem may have been that the themes didn't have enough time
to get worked on. This is why i thought choosing the theme for the next LTS
at the current LTS might be a better idea.


> For 8.10 (Intrepid
> Ibex) we have been reviewing new themes (the dark theme, and so far 3
> community themes). We have picked these themes for inclusion due to their
> quality and popularity. Although we will not vote on the matter the
> interests
> of users are definitely taken into account. I've set up a PPA with the
> themes
> in question (https://launchpad.net/~kwwii/+archive<https://launchpad.net/%7Ekwwii/+archive>)
> so that everyone can test
> them without having to compile anything themselves. Our next step is to
> include these in the next Intrepid Ibex alpha so keep any eye out for them
> there if you aren't interested or don't have the time to check them out via
> the PPA I mentioned.
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth Wimer
>
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