Re: New Theme every LTS release
On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 07:46 -0400, Danny Piccirillo wrote: > I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but i've been trying > to think of ways to get new, better themes into Ubuntu. What i mean > is, every release, we see beautiful mockups, but nothing ever comes of > it. I think something needs to change so that these mockups have a > chance of getting worked on. If not this, i think something should be > done differently to address this problem-- it doesn't matter what. My > idea is simply that after every LTS release, a mockup is voted on to > work on for the next LTS release, giving plenty of time to work on it. > Is this reasonable? Would this work? There have been many discussions in varying places, including where it belongs, the ubuntu-art mailing list. There have been various efforts over the years and there are new ones in planning stages. While I'm sure you have the best intentions, posting on several mailing lists at once is not a good idea, as people subscribed to some/all of the list with see lots of duplicated mails, while people that are not on all lists will sooner or later not get to see all relevant posts. For this reason, I like would ask everyone to not reply, except on the artwork list. (You can argue I shouldn't have either ... well, fine :) Thanks! -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
Re: New Theme every LTS release
On Thursday 04 September 2008 13:46:13 Danny Piccirillo wrote: > I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but i've been trying to > think of ways to get new, better themes into Ubuntu. What i mean is, every > release, we see beautiful mockups, but nothing ever comes of it. I think > something needs to change so that these mockups have a chance of getting > worked on. If not this, i think something should be done differently to > address this problem-- it doesn't matter what. My idea is simply that after > every LTS release, a mockup is voted on to work on for the next LTS > release, giving plenty of time to work on it. Is this reasonable? Would > this work? Shortly before 8.04 (Hardy Heron) it was decided that the LTS release is the final release in an artwork cycle, exactly as you suggest. For 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) we have been reviewing new themes (the dark theme, and so far 3 community themes). We have picked these themes for inclusion due to their quality and popularity. Although we will not vote on the matter the interests of users are definitely taken into account. I've set up a PPA with the themes in question (https://launchpad.net/~kwwii/+archive) so that everyone can test them without having to compile anything themselves. Our next step is to include these in the next Intrepid Ibex alpha so keep any eye out for them there if you aren't interested or don't have the time to check them out via the PPA I mentioned. Thanks, Kenneth Wimer -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
New Theme every LTS release
I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but i've been trying to think of ways to get new, better themes into Ubuntu. What i mean is, every release, we see beautiful mockups, but nothing ever comes of it. I think something needs to change so that these mockups have a chance of getting worked on. If not this, i think something should be done differently to address this problem-- it doesn't matter what. My idea is simply that after every LTS release, a mockup is voted on to work on for the next LTS release, giving plenty of time to work on it. Is this reasonable? Would this work? -- ubuntu-desktop mailing list ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop
