Including a new GTK theme in Ubuntu GNOME

[Alfredo Hernández]

If we have someone who does a proper maintaining process, I'm all in.
However, wouldn't maintaining out own PPA be a better solution?

Chers.


On 19 February 2014 14:05, Satyajit Sahoo <satyajit.happy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, there are not a plenty of glitches if the theme is well maintained.
>
> Anyways, I had talked with Alfredo about this before. If you guys
> agree, then some packager could take the task of putting it into the
> Ubuntu archives.
>
> On 19 February 2014 16:59, Tim <tim at feathertop.org> wrote:
> > Hi Satyajit,
> >   I think you have really left this a bit late.
> >
> >   While I am not opposed to shipping extra themes, I will not be putting
> a
> > non-default theme in ubuntu-gnome-default-settings. Despite what you say,
> > GTK themes do break each and every cycle, perhaps not as critical but
> still
> > plenty of glitches etc. I also have a suspicion that people looking for a
> > theme, are at a first instance going to search google for it, rather than
> > checking what is installed.
> >
> > Now the right way to do this would be to get your theme into the ubuntu
> > Archives as a package, then we could get it included in the default
> install
> > (as an additional theme) if the rest of the artwork team are happy with
> > that. All of this may be a little late for trusty however you could
> atleast
> > try.
> >
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On 19/02/14 21:51, Satyajit Sahoo wrote:
> >
> > Waiting for inputs from Ali, Alfredo and other team members.
> >
> > On Wednesday, 19 February 2014, Satyajit Sahoo <satyajit.happy at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> No, not as the default theme. Just an additional theme as another
> choice.
> >> Like additional background.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 19 February 2014 01:06, Fran Dieguez <fran.dieguez at mabishu.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On mar 18 feb 2014 20:16:56 CET, Satyajit Sahoo wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I have been busy due to my exams. My exams will finish on 22nd. So I
> >>>> can be back in action after that.
> >>>>
> >>>> For now, when I joined, I talked with Alfredo with the possibility of
> >>>> including new themes and wallpapers. The wallpaper contest is already
> >>>> live. So lets come to the themes.
> >>>>
> >>>> We cannot include a Gnome Shell theme for obvious reasons. They break
> >>>> every release, and when a user installs a newer Gnome version through
> >>>> PPA, it'll be pretty broken.
> >>>>
> >>>> Coming to GTK themes, they no longer break for quite a few Gnome
> >>>> releases. New widgets are introduced, but the theme is backwards
> >>>> compatible. So I think it's safe to include a GTK theme. I'll make
> >>>> sure it is updated for latest GNOME.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a theme, named Evolve <http://fav.me/d4dn66o>, that I would
> >>>>
> >>>> propose to include in Ubuntu GNOME.
> >>>>
> >>>> It doesn't use any engine, so no extra dependency. Let me know what
> >>>> you think.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Does it mean that the default GTK theme will be replaced? In that case
> I
> >>> will be completely against the change, as we are Ubuntu GNOME (for
> good and
> >>> bad).
> >>>
> >>> Regards.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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