http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6389

           Summary: provide a default background
           Product: mandrake_theme
           Version: 0.1.0-1mdk
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: packaging
        AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
        ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Mandrake_theme doesn't provide a default backaground across different Mandrake 
versions, or even within the same Mandrake version. 
 
Mandrake 9.1: 
There's only mandrake_desk which 
provides /usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/default.png. 
 
Mandrake 9.2 download: 
There's mandrake_desk which 
provides /usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/default-9.1.png, but no default.png. 
Then there's mandrake_theme which 
provides /usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/Mandrake.png 
 
Mandrake 9.2 PowerPack: 
Mandrake_theme is not installed by default, but there is 
mandrake_theme-powerpack, which provides mandrake_theme, and the 
file /usr/share/mdk/backgrounds/Powerpack.png 
 
So there is no consistency, and setting up a windowmanager to use a default 
background is impossible. This will result in windowmanager using their own 
backgrounds, which costs space and adds inconsistancy across desktops/wm's. 
 
It will be a good idea to rename mandrake_theme to mandrake_theme-download, so 
it's clear that it's not the same package as the mandrake_theme on the 
powerpack. It should still provide mandrake_theme. 
A solution would be to provide a default background. And I mean just the same 
filename, like Mandrake.png.  
I don't really care if the download edition would have a Download.png, while 
Mandrake.png becomes a symlink to one or the other, or if both packages 
contain a Mandrake.png, as long as it is possible to use the same filename for 
a background, and set mandrake_theme as a dependency. 
I would prefer a solution that is compatible as possible with the current 
release, 9.2, that's why I suggest Mandrake.png as default filename. 
 
Just to make an example of where the problem comes up: 
XFce4 (actually xfdesktop-4) has it's default background hardcoded, and I 
changed it from an xfce background to Mandrake.png. The problem is that when 
people install these packages on their powerpack, that it will not have a 
background, since mandrake_theme-powerpack is the default package installed.

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