> On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:20:28 +0100
> Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro@yahoo.it> wrote:
>
> > On the subject of new backgrounds, I have gone through the list of backgrounds installed by default (on my system at least) and identify those that I think we should replace with new ones (already provided by Alex). The list is as follow:
> >
> > 1) To be removed/replaced:
> > Appropriately Left Handed
> > Blue-green crissocross
> > Gold crickle
> > Green curtain
> > Kubical (because it shows 'KDE')
> > Stripes
> > Superfluous organ
> > The good times
> > Totally new product
> > Triple gears
> > Vegetative fog
> > Water
> > Won Ton soup
> >
> > 2) Other candidates for removal/replacement
> > All good people
> > Blue angle swirl
> > Chicken song
> > Geared globe
> > Mystical right turn
> > Time for lunch
> >
> >
> > The old backgrounds that will be removed/replaced will not be completely deleted. Instead they will be moved to tdeartwork/wallpapers/obsolete and installed into /opt/trinity/share/wallpapers/obsolete, so that a user can still access them if required.
> > A note will be added to the v14.0.0 release notes.
> >
> > Please review the list above and let me know if some changes are necessary (i.e. you want to add/remove wallpapers to the list).
>
> Nearly all of the files on your list are the tiling wallpapers. They aren't very large.
> The end result is that we'll be increasing the size of the tdebase package
> substatially by replacing them with a dozen hi-res backgrounds. And I think some
> of the files on your list aren't in the current tdebase package (going by
> https://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tdebase/tree/pics/wallpapers )
>
> kubical -> replace
> triplegears -> replace
> konqui -> replace (shows old KDE mascot)
> stripes -> replace
> mystical right turn -> replace
> globe -> replace
> default gears -> replace
> chicken songs -> replace
>
> Appropriately Left Handed, Blue-green criss-cross, Gold crinkle, Green curtain,
> Superfluous organ, The good times, Vegetative fog, and Water aren't in the tdebase
> package as far as I can tell. The only tiling background in the 'base package
> that I'd drop is Chicken Songs. The other five are a well-selected assortment
> (mix of darkish/light, contrasty/subtle, and various colours).
>
> There's nothing that says we have to put all the new wallpapers in 'base, either.
> The purpose of including wallpapers in that package at all is to allow the
> user to find something to look at that won't make their eyes bleed while they
> go searching for the perfect custom background. It doesn't have to be a
> comprehensive assortment.
>
> E. Liddell
>

Hi,

Hey, you wont remove Konqui? :) It was almost the only one worth keeping!
I personally don't think that tiling wallpapers are used that much anymore. These were almost from the Win 3.1 era, when the available amount of free RAM was so scarce that it was unthinkable to use a full picture, but if they use very little disk space, they can be kept. But I won't use these.

I evaluate at approximately 12mb the required disk space for the wallpapers that I uploaded in bug 2094. In 2014, 12mb is still acceptable and hi-res backgrounds are almost required for today's hi-res screen, and we're not even talking about HiDPI, IPS or retina screens yet...

It would be nice in the future to evaluate the option of having picture previews instead of choosing in a list. Even Gnome 2 has that and it is easier to find pictures with a preview than with the file name.

-Alexandre