[ubuntu-art] Crunch Time

[j_baer]

Andrew SB wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:09 PM, j_baer <baerjj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We are fast approaching the time when community themes need to be in
>> their
>> final form. I plan to test next week against a fresh Maverick install and
>> report my findings.
>>
>> I'm not sure what version of Murrine will make the cut but I am assuming
>> the
>> "Murrine Daily Build" will be the source. I had some trouble installing
>> this
>> version in Maverick today.
> 
> The current version in Maverick is 0.90.3+git20100810-0ubuntu1
> 
>>
>> I also notice some folks posted themes in the "Ubuntu Artist" area of
>> deviantART. I will drop them a note to see if they have some interest in
>> Community Themes as there was a lot of process change this release and
>> there
>> may be some confusion. :)
>>
> 
> Most of the submissions on the wiki are actually tweaks to the default
> light-themes. I don't think they are really appropriate for the
> community-themes package. As we've already past feature freeze and
> beta/UI freeze is tomorrow, I'm not sure if we're going to see any
> real changes to the package this time around. We can still continue
> pushing fixes to the current themes though.
> 
> The lack of submissions is most likely due to the fact that we didn't
> really promote the process this cycle. But there is also the fact that
> people seem to generally be much more satisfied by the new default
> themes. This team/list has also just been very quiet this cycle.
> 
> Rather than rushing to just put something new into the
> community-themes package, I think that we might better use this time
> to start brainstorming for the upcoming Natty cycle. Perhaps Natty
> would be a good time to really shake things up, dropping themes that
> haven't continued to evolve and trying to generate more excitement
> with some completely new content.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> - Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
>  Ubuntu Developer / Debian Contributor
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Andrew,

Here is my recommendation.

Ambiance Refined - William Middleton

The wiki page is missing alot of detail although there is a reference to
Ubuntu-Art and it is rated at 72% good. If William can update the wiki as to
why a user may want to consider this theme I'm Ok with this submission -
otherwise no.

Ambiance Blue - Paolo Bianchini

Seems more like a concept than a submission - no.

Ambiancell - luxierayku

Again the wiki page is lacking informaton a user might use when considering
this theme - no.

Finery - Immanuel Peratoner

Ok

Depends on equinox engine. Don't know if that is in the Ubuntu repository?
:|

Impression/Night-Impression Themes - ;)

Ok

Perfection GTK - luxierayku

Ok

Radial - tw

Ok

Salmon - yman

Ok

Simply Basic - William Middleton

Looks like an interesting theme but there is no wiki content to support it -
no.

I pinged a couple of folks on devianART Ubuntu Artist about themes but did
not receive a reply. pr09studio had several.

As there was a lot process change this release some folks may have been
confused and the discussion on the Ayatana thread may have added to the
confusion.

I suggest we go with the six themes and take an action item to discuss what
make the most sense for Natty.

Thanks,

John


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