Re: gnome-themes-extras in GNOME 2.4

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Malcolm Tredinnick">

> > Wouldn't it make more sense to integrate these themes back into
> > gnome-themes? Surely we don't need Yet Another Package for stuff we
> > already have a module for?
> 
> Sounds like we are getting back to needing a "themes-extra" package again.

Which, one would hope, would be a for-fun module, not one included in the
Desktop release (it makes no sense to me to ship two themes modules, unless
one is for special interests, etc).

> In the past there has been a lot of (justified) concern about not putting
> every theme known to mankind in the core theme module because it just
> becomes too large.

It's only very recently that we've had a useful themes module. ;-)

> But please keep a eye on the ever-increasing size of some modules like
> this one you step down the slippery slope.

It's easy enough to switch some themes if we decide that, say, Gorilla would
be more useful or appealing to our users than Grand Canyon. (I would support
the replacement of Grand Canyon with Gorilla, anyway.) gnome-themes should
only have about 6 themes in it, max.

- Jeff

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