[ubuntu-art] community themes

[Andrew]

On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Kenneth Wimer <kwwii at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> So the question is: what do you think should be included in the community
> themes package?
>

I think Impression [1] is by far the leading candidate. It's
definitely in the spirit of the community-themes package. The author
has actively sought feedback every at every step on this list.

Beyond that I'm not really sure. Re-looking at the wiki, I was a bit
disappointed. Many themes that have been shared on this list don't
seem to have pages which makes it hard to find things.

As far as shiki-colors goes, I'd love to see them in Ubuntu, but I'm
not really sure that they're a good fit for the community-themes
package. Five themes plus five icon themes makes for a big package.
I'm disappointed that they probably won't be included in Jaunty, but I
am making it a personal goal to make sure they get into Karmic.

All that said, if there is any need for packaging work on the new
community-themes package, I'm more than willing to do it. Ken, do you
need help with this?

After Jaunty is released, the Artwork Team should really have a larger
discussion about the community-themes package, laying out some
explicit goals and a decision making process. That way we can start
the Karmic cycle off with a clearer roadmap and not find our selfs in
such a tight spot as we do now, rushing to package something right
before release.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/Impression

- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
  Ubuntu Contributing Developer