>> 1 - Sonar theme in there and possibly as default - as great as -shell
>> looks normally I like the idea of openSUSE being different from the
>> pack.
>
> I don't hold much weight here but here is my 2 cents:
>
> I don't like Sonar myself, but I can tell others do. There is a
> sizeable amount of people who like Sonar and who don't like Sonar.
> Because the default theme is one of the distinguishing features of a
> distro and I believe not enough thought is put into it (I could be
> wrong) we should have an official vote on whether we keep Sonar as the
> default theme or change it.
>
> I'd like to propose two things
> 1. A 5 question (read "very short") questionnaire thats asks users
> what they want in a default theme
> 2. A poll that gives the user approximately 3 to 5 themes to choose from.
>
> My Plan:
> - Ask users (including developers and all stakeholders in openSUSE
> Gnome) what they would like in a theme. For example:
>     1. Do we need a theme change?
>     2. If so, should the theme be the same as upstreams?
>     3. If not, should it be similar or should it be completely different?
>     4. Should the new theme be a light theme or dark theme?
>     5. <insert useful question here>
>
> - Leave the short questionnaire open for a significant amount of time
> (2-3 weeks), so that _everyone_ has the ability to vote (even if they
> are on vacation)
> - Find some themes based on what our users want! For example if the
> majority of users answer like this:
>     1. No new theme.
>     2. N/A
>     3. N/A
>     4. N/A
>
>     Our work is done - we keep Sonar as default :)
>
>     OR
>
>     -> Yes, a new theme please.
>     -> Not the same as upstreams.
>     -> Completely different theme.
>     -> Dark theme
>
>     Now we take the results and find the 5 best, completely new, and
> dark (green) themes that I can find based on those results and create
> a poll asking which should be the default.
>
> I believe that this is fair, open, and brings attention to our distro.
> If we ask, we will receive.
>
> Note: this is a perfect time to look at the theme. We can't change it
> anytime we want because we need to be consistent. Therefore, a serious
> vote by the community is highly needed (which is why I stress the
> questionnaire should be short, so users enjoy voting).
>
> </end rant>

Oh, and I can handle most (if not all) of the work in setting all this
up, if we choose to take this route :)
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