On Tuesday 02 of August 2011 20:32:32 Samuli Suominen wrote: > On 08/02/2011 09:20 PM, Markos Chandras wrote: > > Hello fellow developers, > > > > I would like to discuss the possibility to create a new virtual package > > for all the icon-theme packages. According to this bug[1], it seems like > > pcmanfm, and possible other applications too, require an icon-theme to > > be present, no matter which one. So I think it would make sense to > > create a new virtual package to include all the existing icon-themes. > > > > ++: Avoid ugly dependencies like || ( x11-themes/foo-icon-theme > > x11-themes/bar-icon-theme ... ) > > > > --: Not all packages include the same icons so users may end up with > > missing icons for some applications. However, most icon themes should > > include all the basic icons. > > > > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376309 > > > > Thoughts? > > since whatever gets added to the virtual should be at least almost up to > date with the spec, and provide the most common icons > > virtual/freedesktop-icon-theme for name, just my opinion... > http://standards.freedesktop.org/ as HOMEPAGE > freedesktop-b...@gentoo.org as maintainer
++ virtual/freedesktop-icon-theme is a better name IMHO as it's what this virtual icon theme actually is - theme compliant with freedesktop standard (so that can be used by applications claiming support like chromium, KDE, Gtk apps), not just some icon theme (as any instant messenger icon set would fall under "some icon theme" category for instance). -- regards MM
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