Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:39:25 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com> To: FreeBSD ports <FreeBSD-Ports@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Aaron Lehmann <aaronl@vitelus.com> Subject: Port namespace question - GTK 2 version of x11/gtk-theme-switch Message-ID: <20030830023925.GJ366@hal9000.halplant.com>
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Folks, x11/gtk-theme-switch is a cool program for dynamically changing GTK 1.x themes and depends on the gtk-1.x port (currently gtk-1.2.10_10). It's perfect for folks like me who disdain the "desktop"[1], so thank you Maher and Aaron. There is a version of gtk-theme-switch[2] which does the same for GTK 2.x themes and appears to work just fine. I have made a port for it, but since it is also called "gtk-theme-switch" I'm not sure what to call it before I send-pr the new port. Looking at the existing conventions I feel more ill than enlightened, since it appears that some ports throw a "2" into the name, some just expect 2.x and some look for WITH_GTK2 to include 2.x versions. Probably preferable would be to go with something like WITH_GTK2 and/or automagic 1.x/2.x detection, but then this still leaves a bin/man namespace conflict. The easy option is to just change all the names, eg. to gtk2-theme-switch. Suggestions, with references if possible, please. Anyone wanting to try this out right now can get the completely conflicting gtk-theme-switch-2.0.0.r2 port from my web site[4]. Since the existing port is maintained by ports@, I'm naive enough to offer to maintain it if the powers-that-be are blase enough to let me. I don't know C or much about GTK and am a newbie porter (but a long-time ports user). [1] Gnome, KDE, XFCE, CDE, HP-VUE, ... See what I like on my desktop[3] [2] http://www.muhri.net/nav.php3?node=gts [3] http://halplant.com:88/systems.html#Software [4] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/ports/gtk-theme-switch-2.0.0.r2.tar -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |
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