On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Paul Tagliamonte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Howdy, desktop, > > As many of you know, we're tragically close to freeze. As a result, the > usual process of voting, debating and picking a theme via consensus is > not really possible. There was also a distinct lack of interest in such > a process, as well. > > I've taken it upon myself to start getting desktop-base into shape for > wheezy. > > I've picked the "Joy"[1] theme by Adrien Aubourg as the default > for Debian 7.0, which features a tasteful, understated and classic > look, something that both identifies as Debian while still maintaining > an air of professionalism. > > Nice choice! I wanted to submit a proposal as well, but didn't make it due to the neverending workload with DebConf. Anyways, I also offer my help if someone wants to package their theme. Cheers, and congrats Adrien! > Congrats, and thank you Adrien! > > I'd like to thank everyone who submited artwork, and express how > impressed I am with the artistic talent we have in Debian. > > I'd like to also give high honors to the "Roj"[2] theme, as well as the > "7th Element"[3] theme. If there was more time before freeze, I'd love to > have seen a working mockup of 7th Element. I don't think anyone will > argue that 7th Element had one of the most jaw-dropping and impressive > login designs I've ever seen. > > The plan for wheezy is as follows: > > * I've pushed changes to desktop-base to SVN. > > * Once I give it some finial polish, I will target an upload to > experimental, > where it will (hopefully) recieve some testing, feedback and patches. > > * Once it's in good shape, or directly before freeze, an upload to > unstable will be targeted. > > Cheers, > - Paul > > [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy > [2]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Roj > [3]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/7th-element >
