27 Aug
2014
27 Aug
'14
9:51 p.m.
On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:20:28 +0100
Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro(a)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