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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Wallpapers in KDEBASE (HEAD)
From:       "Prasanth Kumar" <kumar1 () home ! com>
Date:       1999-08-13 3:50:46
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Zepp <icszepp@islc.net>
To: <kde-devel@kde.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: Wallpapers in KDEBASE (HEAD)


> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> > Leon Widdershoven wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just remembered a discussion a while ago, a proposal to package
> > > most of the default wallpapers into a separate package instead of
> > > including it in kdebase.
> > >
> > > I also found that that has not happened yet (at least not in the
> > > CVS directory).
> > >
> > > Is someone planning to move the wallpapers (and maybe more art
> > > and sounds) to a separate package/dir?
> > >
>
> I hope so. This would help out at least a fair few with download times.
>
> > > I would vote strongly in favor of equiping kdelibs/kdebase with
> > > only a minimal set of artwork (wallpapers, icons, themes etc etc),
> > > and rely on a separate package like kde-artwork for additional
> > > artwork of the KDE distribution and kde.themes.org for
> > > user-contributed art.
> > >
> > > Please inform me of your opinions.
>
> Go for it.
>

I second this... There are way too many "tie-dye" wallpapers in the packages
for my taste. I suggest moving all or most of these to an optional package.

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