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Date:      Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:17:04 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@halplant.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD ports <FreeBSD-Ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Port namespace question - GTK 2 version of x11/gtk-theme-switch
Message-ID:  <1062213423.25269.1.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030830023925.GJ366@hal9000.halplant.com>
References:  <20030830023925.GJ366@hal9000.halplant.com>

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On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 22:39, Andrew J Caines wrote:
> Folks,
>=20
> 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 Mahe=
r
> and Aaron.
>=20
> 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 sinc=
e
> it is also called "gtk-theme-switch" I'm not sure what to call it before =
I
> send-pr the new port.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
> Suggestions, with references if possible, please.

Since it sounds like the two are indeed separate applications, I would
go with gtk2-theme-swtch with a repo copy from gtk-theme-switch.

Joe

>=20
>=20
> 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].
>=20
> Since the existing port is maintained by ports@, I'm naive enough to offe=
r
> 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).
>=20
>=20
> [1] Gnome, KDE, XFCE, CDE, HP-VUE, ... See what I like on my desktop[3]
> [2] http://www.muhri.net/nav.php3?node=3Dgts
> [3] http://halplant.com:88/systems.html#Software
> [4] http://halplant.com:88/software/FreeBSD/ports/gtk-theme-switch-2.0.0.=
r2.tar
>=20
>=20
> -Andrew-
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