On Mon, 2014-12-01 at 07:07 -0300, Fernando de Oliveira wrote:
> On 01-12-2014 02:36, Christopher Gregory wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This was proposed a while back but we did not reach a conclusion on it
> > as some packages within gnome seemed to still need them.
> 
> It was not within gnome.
> 
> > 
> > This time around I deliberately did not install these packages:
> > 
> > gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0    
> > gnome-icon-theme-extras-3.12.0
> > gnome-icon-theme-symbolic-3.12.0
> > 
> > After installing the full gnome desktop nothing complained about these
> > packages missing during compilation and from what I can tell no icons
> > are missing because these packages were not installed.
> 
> Again, it was not gnome.
> 
> > 
> > I suspect that anything that has these as a dependency could have them
> > replaced by  gnome-themes-standard-3.14.2.2.
> 
> I suspect not.
> 
> > I am about to go through the nightmare of changing the systemd branch
> > now that I know for sure that it will not break the build.
> > 
> > Anything that makes use of these three packages outside of the gnome
> > environment may well be able to use the gnome-themes-standard or
> > adwaita-icon-theme instead.
> 
> This not true. IIRC, David was the one who told this. I took dome time
> for me to test what he said, I still can demonstrate in my system,
> because they all are installed now. Problem is related to som being
> dependent of gtk+2 (gnome-icon-theme) others, gtk+3 (adwaita-icon-theme).
> 
> The following packages need gnome-icon-theme-3.12.0 and some, if not
> all, do not work with adwaita:
> 
> xsoft/other/ekiga.xml:      <xref linkend="gnome-icon-theme"/>
> xfce/core/thunar.xml:      <xref linkend="gnome-icon-theme"/>
> xfce/core/xfce4-settings.xml:      <xref linkend="gnome-icon-theme"/>
> 
> Please, search the archives. This was discussed, and we do have reached
> a conclusion of not removing them. Unless you demonstrate that your
> suspicions for replacement work.
> 
> -- 
> []s,
> Fernando

Fine forget I said anything.  I also know for a FACT of another package
that does not work with current instructions but I will leave that for
you to find out the hard way.

Christopher.


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