Hi, isn't the actual underlying problem that the Debian Policy only accepts XPM icons (and lintian with it)? I don't know the background of this decision, but could imagine: - broad acceptance (aside from GNOME and KDE), PNG should be fine on this one, SVG not yet. - text oriented format: SVG OK, PNG not. - free: SVG and PNG OK.
To summarize, I think recommending SVG would require a change to the policy. Cheers, Eric > Le mardi 07 décembre 2004 à 23:51 -0500, James A. Treacy a écrit : >> SVG use is increasing and I have seen nothing in Debian about how they >> should be handled. So, > > I don't think that's much different from PNG icons. > >> What is the proper way to handle svg icons? >> For example, where should they be placed? > > GNOME places them under /usr/share/icons/$THEME/scalable. > >> How well are they supported? > > Support is increasing; but at least all GTK+ stuff supports them, > including as toolbar icons, provided that librsvg2-common is installed. > >> Should a non-svg icon also be included? > > Not necessarily. > -- > .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ > : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom > -- Eric de France, d'Allemagne et de Navarre
