Dear Simon, Le lundi 19 juin 2023, 20:50:35 CEST Simon McVittie a écrit : > Package: desktop-base > Version: 12.0.6 > Severity: normal > Tags: trixie sid > > Now that Debian 12 has been released, the version of desktop-base in > testing should no longer include Debian 12 branding, so that the testing > installer will be visually distinct from the Debian 12 stable release.
I think this makes sense. > The simplest possible implementation of this would be to remove the "12" > from all the art components, but I think it would be better to use artwork > that is obviously different. Yes, I can do that. > One simple "programmer-art" way to do that would be to desaturate the > Debian 12 artwork down to greyscale to make it obviously a placeholder, > or rotate the hue to make it a different colour. I probably won’t do that. > However, it might be nicer (and definitely more fun!) to have a theme > specifically for Debian in its alpha/beta state, with a sense of "this is > under construction", to be replaced by a proper Debian 13 theme closer > to the Debian 13 freeze. Some of the contributors who were helping with > debian-cd testing during the Debian 12 release process had a similar > thought a while ago, and got as far as preparing a background image for > this purpose - I'll ask them to follow up here. Well I was not convinced at all by the last proposal I saw. Obviously theming and art are very personal but I wouldn’t want to replace quality artwork we’ve been having for the last couple of releases with something I consider less attractive just for the sake of it. OK for the artwort to convey the idea of work-in-progress but the art itself cannot be work-in-progress… And yes I know people can change it if they like but defaults count, especially since it will be part first impressions for new users of testing. Happy hacking, -- Aurélien
