On 13/04/16 15:23, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > After installing fontconfig I didn't notice an issue for Claws, > Roxterm, SpaceFM and a few other apps. It was the other way around. For > testing purpose I reinstalled the new Adwaita again and the fonts for my > GTK2 apps didn't become that disgusting again, as the fonts for GTK3 > apps are. However, the new Adwaita is totally broken for GTK2 apps. > This can be noticed by users who have a lot of GTK2 apps installed, e.g. > spacefm-gtk2, instead of spacefm. For this very reason I stay with the > outdated theme. Using the outdated theme seems to have no side effects > for GTK3 apps yet. > > I don't know if it's related to the GTK things that were upgraded or to > fontconfig or to what ever else. Sometimes, but not too seldom I run > xfw and very seldom I run xfe. Both don't use the fonts anymore I > once upon a time chose. Instead of IIRC monospace, they use exotic > fonts nobody ever would chose for this kinds of apps. IOW it's not that > monospace was replaced by another kind of monospace, it was replaced by > really, really exotic fonts. > > It's a PITA that even users who don't use GNOME, KDE or similar crap > nowadays get broken environments, because even apps that are not from a > bloatware DE break. > > Reminds me of Bill Hick talking to people who are in advertising or > marketing. "No really, there's no rationalization for what you do, and > you are Satan's little helpers, OK?" This seems to fit good to some > upstream developers too. > > Maybe this is asking for DDoS attacks against GNOME :D. > > SICR > Hi Ralf, What packages have you downgraded to get back to the previous version of adwaita? Richard.
