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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--=-yWPiSGmouPkpf5ypdaDa Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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- --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-yWPiSGmouPkpf5ypdaDa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/UBcvb2iPiv4Uz4cRAqMHAJ0QsclodZ+zFd1PjTGL7a5ctox3CACfTjSp NfspffCjJXUE7Pmil2+hLjg= =UGzn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-yWPiSGmouPkpf5ypdaDa--
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