17 Aug
2014
17 Aug
'14
7:48 p.m.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:00:08 -0400
Alexandre <ac586133(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Pay attention! You will face a huge wall of conservatism if you delete something old and
ugly in this project :)
Some things here are untouchables :)
We're trying to preserve a software package from several years ago, which
means the whole project is somewhat conservative by definition. ;)
In my opinion, the ''Get Hot New Stuff''
button is crap and never worked well.
It only works with files directly hosted on kde-look.org. When files are hosted outside
this site, the file that is downloaded is a blank
html file... This makes no sense. In my opinion, it would be better to transform this
button in a link to open kde-look.org in a web
browser. Then, the user can do what he/she wants.
It isn't a regression in Trinity--it no longer works in KDE3 either (I was asking
mainly
in case someone had fixed it and I wasn't aware). The feed mechanism at kde-look
seems to be partially intact (the XML files are there, but I don't think they're
being
updated anymore), so we should be getting something. I am mystified.
Unfortunately, there's only a limited amount of information on how this was supposed
to
work at all--I was able to retrieve one tutorial for third-party devs when I was
assembling
stuff for the new wiki, and there's a server-side implementation still available from
http://www.kstuff.org/projects/hotstuff , but the freedesktop.org page for the spec
itself is badly broken and I'm not up for wrestling the Wayback Machine today.
It looks like the only "Get New . . ." button inside the Control Center is the
one for
wallpaper (I thought there was one for icon themes, but evidently not), so just having
it pop up kde-look (or a curated list of wallpaper websites) in a browser window may
in fact be the easiest fix.
The *best* fix, given infinite manpower, would be to set up our own site for Trinity
eye candy (this would allow us to include widget sets, window decorations, tdm
splash themes, etc.) and direct the thing there, but I don't think that's
happening any
time soon.
E. Liddell
The
condemned images can be moved to tde-artwork as an alternative to deletion.
Good
idea, in case someone still wants to have access to them. Yes, I'll look at making available a selection of
pictures.
So, no new default-background anymore?
Actually, I'm good with the lineart background, either as it stands or with
a superimposed logo/text, as the new default. Then again, I like dark. Or we
could adapt it to something more like the old blue-bend wallpaper.
Also, can anyone confirm whether or not the "Get
New Wallpapers" button in
the Control Center works in the latest build (that is, whether it actually produces
a list of new wallpapers rather than a blank page)? If not, we need to figure out how
to fix it (and its cousins for icons, etc.). kde-look.org *claims* to still be serving
"Get Hot New Stuff" feeds, which I think is the mechanism being used.
Nope, just an empty page at least using pre-v14.0.0. This may be related to the rebranding
of several components. Would be interesting if someone could try out using 3.5.13.2 or
earlier versions.
In any case we need to open a new bug report. In case the problem is a regression
introduced in v14.0.0, we will have to fix it before releasing v14. Otherwise we can wait
until v14.0.0 is out.