Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please Bryan comment on Cooker i'm not the Gnome Team.....
>
> From: Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Helix Gnome + Mandrake menus (mdk7.1)
> To: Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 07:22:47 -0500
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > Bryan Paxton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Yeah, but mdk needs to keep the helix-gnome packages compliant with
> > > helix-gnome.
> >
> > and cooker ?, we design an Operating System we don't ship only a
> > few desktop packages...
> >
> > > I then exited gnome, and fired up X again and sorry but it's just
> > > friggin nasty IMHO. Basically what I'm trying to get through this is,
> > > keeping helix-gnome raw, the way it comes, and only lil minute tweaks
> > > should be made.
> >
> > Suggestions are welcome, our Gnome team will be happy to discuss with
> > you about the choice they did. What's wrong with the default
> > configuration ?
>
> It's not particulary that default config, but I will comment on a few things.
> But first stability with compatibility : )
>
> gnome icons on the desktop get chunked
> The reason for this is the gnome icons from helix aren't included(or is this
> the reason ?) so all the icons on the desktop get flipped to
> gnome-application-x-gnome-app-info.png
> So I go to change them............ And they won't change : (
> there was an error about placement.
> So there seems to be a bug in one of two things.
> Your mc/gmc or there's just a compatibility problem between the helix-gnome
> config files in ~/ and your helix-gnome packages.
> This needs to be looked into futher though : )
>
>
>
> Ok now on to the minute problems of the default config a.k.a. pretty graphics.
> This is IMHO, I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me, but well for
> one thing the icons that come with helix aren't included, which are quite
> nice IMHO.
>
> 2). I understand trying to promote mdk, but those mdk folders in the gnome
> menu and the logo in the helix-gnome splash screen are just tacky IMHO.
>
> Also might want to consider going with the new default helix theme, the theme
> name is 5 over here, or at least that's how it shows up in gnomecc and
> /usr/share/themes.
>
> Keep the helix icons for the gnome menu, they're completely destroyed and
> makes the menu look funky.
>
> My 4 last statements we're just rants, but the first one is a problem.
>
> You need to look at this from an end-users point of view.
> Rather, a user that has installed helix from helixcode and not mdk and is
> switching to mdk's packages. From my experience, people are gonna be highly
> pissed when a lot of they're pretty graphics(icon settings) are broke, as
> well desktop icons that don't seem to work at all.
>
> Give it some thought : )
>
> Bryan Paxton
>
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