Just so it's clear, I didn't phrase it that way since it wasn't about just this one theme I really did want to know if we were going to do things the wordpress way or just jam all of these things into the trunk and let the community support them. My personal opinion is that I'd like to start seeing it go the way of all other projects where these sorts of plugins - especially at the UI level - are actually just things maintained separately so that they're not in the trunk - but it doesn't really matter to me which way we do it.
So, yeah, I'm looking for a policy but if it's - just like everything else - I'm totally cool with that. Cheers, Tim -- Tim Ruppert HotWax Media http://www.hotwaxmedia.com o:801.649.6594 f:801.649.6595 ----- "David E Jones" <david.jo...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote: > This has been going on for a few days, but it seems like different > people are talking about different things and thinking they are > talking about the same thing. > > Tim's original point was what to do with the SmoothFeather theme now > that BizznessTime replaces it, and unfortunately he didn't phrase it > that way, just mentioned deprecating themes. > > If something isn't being maintained then we can decide. I don't think > we need a policy, and I don't think we need to ax anything else as > there aren't any other themes that are not being maintained. > > -David > > > On May 7, 2009, at 5:43 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > > > This discussion has been going on for a few days. There seems to be > > > some support for the idea of having two themes in the trunk, and > > keep the rest on a web page. > > > > So, what would your suggestion be for themes in the trunk that > > aren't being maintained? > > > > -Adrian > > > > David E Jones wrote: > >> No! Definitely not. Bluelight is quite different from BizznessTime/ > > >> SmoothFeather. > >> Let's not get lost in all this... the ONLY reason there was even a > > >> discussion about deprecating/removing themes is because the > >> BizznessTime theme was added instead of updating the SmoothFeather > > >> theme, even though it is really just a big update to the > >> SmoothFeather theme and so represents a replacement for it. > >> -David > >> On May 7, 2009, at 4:56 PM, Adrian Crum wrote: > >>> Should we do the same for Bluelight? > >>> > >>> -Adrian > >>> > >>> Tim Ruppert wrote: > >>>> Smooth Feather has been posted to the Visual Themes page and can > > >>>> now be removed by anyone who has rights. I'm not sure where I > >>>> ever rememthemes is classified, but I'll give it a whirl and will > > >>>> report back. > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Tim > >>>> -- > >>>> Tim Ruppert > >>>> HotWax Media > >>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >>>> o:801.649.6594 > >>>> f:801.649.6595 > >>>> ----- "Tim Ruppert" <tim.rupp...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote: > >>>>> Yeah, I can get behind that for sure. Btw, Jacques, I think we > > >>>>> keep > >>>>> the Flat Grey forever - no reason to deprecate that one - just > the > >>>>> ones that aren't going to be maintained - of which the original > > >>>>> Smooth > >>>>> Feather now stands out. > >>>>> Anyways, if everyone's cool with that - then we can make a page > in > >>>>> Confluence and keep everything there - starting with moving > Smooth > >>>>> Feather there. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cheers, > >>>>> Tim > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Tim Ruppert > >>>>> HotWax Media > >>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >>>>> > >>>>> o:801.649.6594 > >>>>> f:801.649.6595 > >>>>> > >>>>> ----- "Adrian Crum" <adri...@hlmksw.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> I like the idea of moving deprecated themes to a web page. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -Adrian > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Jacques Le Roux wrote: > >>>>>>> For several reason, I really appreciate sometimes to have the > >>>>> good > >>>>>> old > >>>>>>> theme (Flat Grey) at hand. > >>>>>>> We could keep Flat Grey and the best known at the moment > >>>>> (obviously > >>>>>>> BiznessTime at the moment). > >>>>>>> The others would stay at http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/yhQ > >>>>>>> This would be an easy deprecation policy > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Jacques > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <adri...@hlmksw.com> > >>>>>>>> There were differing opinions about them. I suggested having > >>>>> only > >>>>>> one > >>>>>>>> theme in OFBiz, and the other themes could be provided > outside > >>>>> the > >>>>>>>> project - by theme providers. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> David thought it would be good to have several themes in the > >>>>>> project > >>>>>>>> in order to demonstrate the theme idea. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> From my perspective, having more than one theme in the > project > >>>>>> means > >>>>>>>> that much more code that has to be maintained. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> As far as I know, no "theme deprecation" plan has been > >>>>> discussed. > >>>>>>>> -Adrian > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Tim Ruppert wrote: > >>>>>>>>> I may have missed this in general, but what is the plan to > >>>>>> deprecate > >>>>>>>>> themes when people aren't supporting them any longer? > We've > >>>>>> already > >>>>>>>>> got one that we want to do this to - and there will surely > be > >>>>>> others > >>>>>>>>> as we're trying to work out these backend interfaces. > >>>>>>>>> Anyways, > >>>>> my > >>>>>>>>> vote would be community votes and just removing them - but > I'd > >>>>>> love > >>>>>>>>> to hear what the original intention was and other good > ideas > >>>>> out > >>>>>> there. > >>>>>>>>> Cheers, > >>>>>>>>> Tim > >>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>> Tim Ruppert > >>>>>>>>> HotWax Media > >>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxmedia.com > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> o:801.649.6594 > >>>>>>>>> f:801.649.6595 > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>
