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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: klegacyimport -> gtkimport
From:       Uwe Thiem <uwe () uwix ! alt ! na>
Date:       2001-05-16 19:03:44
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On Wed, 16 May 2001, Stefan Westerfeld wrote:

>    Hi!
> 
> On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 11:24:48PM -0500, mosfet wrote:
> > Big long discussion? I see 4 posts here made before the change, 2 for and 2 
> > against. There was also a couple posts on the CVS list, with mixed results.
> 
> Ok, here is another opinion:
> 
> I think you can't really choose which software people want to use. And if they
> want gtk pixmap themes in KDE, there will be a reason for that. Maybe native
> KDE theming is too hard to do for graphic artists, maybe there are many good
> Gtk themes out there, maybe the fact that "programmed" theme rendering is
> faster than "pixmapped" theme rendering doesn't outweigh the simplicity of
> gtk pixmap themes, maybe people want their GNOME and KDE apps look the same
> if they use both on the desktop.
> 
> I don't know.
> 
> Anyway I think that if you want these reasons to change, fixing the problems
> people have is the only way to go. Calling your program klegacysomething won't
> fix any of the users problems, but
> 
> a) make it harder to find where they need to look to get their Gtk theme run
>    with KDE
> b) in a subtile way insult Gtk (some) fans

Very well said! Though it's still up to mosfet to decide on the name of
his app. Mosfet, please consider.

Uwe

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