Good answers On Thu, 2021-08-26 at 10:51 -0400, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
