Hi Caty,

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>>> The stable 4.7.0 version is in XS by default.
>> 
>> So are you saying that we bundle a contrib extension in XS for icon
>> themes? I didn’t notice this. Could you tell me when this was done? (Also
>> note that this is NOT setup in http://jira.xwiki.org/secure/
>> BrowseProjects.jspa#10000 ).
>> 
> 
> We don't bundle a contrib icon theme. The default Font Awesome 4.7.0 is at
> https://github.com/xwiki/xwiki-platform/tree/master/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-icon/xwiki-platform-icon-fontawesome,
> the experimental 5.0 is at
> https://github.com/xwiki-contrib/icon-themes/tree/master/icon-theme-fontawesome
> . More details about the contrib version at
> https://forum.xwiki.org/t/font-awesome-5-icon-theme-1-1-released/1334 and
> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Font%20Awesome%205%20Icon%20Theme/
> . We haven't upgraded to 5.0 because they added paid variants and reduce
> the number of available icons from 750+ to 450+, so kind of a downgrade.
> The Platform is using the IconTheme component
> https://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI/component/13841 where is committed with
> the UI.
> 
> Everything that is in Contrib related to colors/icons is optional /
> experimental. It's the same also for color theme. I'm trying to put them in
> contrib in order to not lose the work. Sometimes they are the results of
> investigations, or they are problematic and don't match our support
> criteria, but we might use them in the future or see if they are
> interesting enough to be bundled/integrated.

Thanks for the detailed explanations! I understand now :)

Thanks
-Vincent

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