On Thu, 26 Aug 2021 at 10:03, Stephen Snow <s40w5s@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From my user POV, > I never understood why backgrounds were versioned specific to the > release number of Fedora Linux in the first place. I mean, is it > actually a separate repo each time? Wouldn't it make sense to just call > it backgrounds? > 1. we have 20+ years of history of theming desktops to a set of packages. Size of downloads were usually kept small for a very long time because downloading megabytes of images for backgrounds over even an 1.4 MB DSL was slow. 2. In the Red Hat Linux days, you might be using fvwm2 in one release, enlightenment in another and sawmill in a third. Each one would need to tweak things for that window manager. 3. While we had moved away from this by early Fedora GNOME2, we had still release names which themed the desktop. Combine that with 1 and you have a want for smaller downloads of just a specific release which you could cherry pick by hand if you wanted an old one. [The blue Sun one is my favorite still...] 4. When we dropped release names and could allow larger download sizes, you end up dealing with community dynamics which were buried before as 1,2,3 trumped them. Some people really really hate some backgrounds.. they don't want them on their system at all. Other people love certain ones. Others want to keep old ones but then start asking for updates so that they look nice on their hidef monitors [Hello could someone update Blue Sun... ] 5. Finally you have artist dynamics which match up with people dynamics where they want to focus on a set of deliverables and not be asked to update old images constantly (and you do have to tweak them.. monitor colour depth, size, and other things over time have made older images look bad unless you tweak the images.) > Just asking > > Stephen > > On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 09:23 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 08:40:49AM -0400, Link Dupont wrote: > > > * fedora-backgrounds/f34 => fedora-backgrounds-34-1.fc34 > > > * fedora-backgrounds/f35 => fedora-backgrounds-35-1.fc35 > > > * fedora-backgrounds/f35 => fedora-backgrounds-35-2.fc35 > > > But I must be missing something; this seems like its way too simple > > > a solution. > > > > Well, the current solution -- or having subpackages -- lets you > > install old > > wallpaper on new systems. Since a lot of the old wallpaper is > > _awesome_, > > that's desirable. > > > > -- > > Matthew Miller > > <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Fedora Project Leader > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure -- Stephen J Smoogen. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Flame wars in sci.astro.orion. I have seen SPAM filters overload because of Godwin's Law. All those moments will be lost in time... like posts on a BBS... time to shutdown -h now. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
