Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Biebl
On 23.11.2011 20:48, Justin B Rye wrote: These simplified icons are symbolic variations on the standard theme (see http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/SymbolicIcons). I guess you mean variations of the standard theme (not on). As already mentioned the current version is available at

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Biebl
On 11.01.2012 05:08, Michael Biebl wrote: As already mentioned the current version is available at http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/pkg-gnome/packages/unstable/gnome-icon-theme-symbolic/debian/control.in?view=markup Sorry for the wrong information. Joss shuffled packages around a bit just

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2012-01-10 Thread Justin B Rye
Michael Biebl wrote: On 23.11.2011 20:48, Justin B Rye wrote: These simplified icons are symbolic variations on the standard theme (see http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/SymbolicIcons). I guess you mean variations of the standard theme (not on). Compare Variations on a Theme by Haydn.

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-24 Thread Justin B Rye
Christian PERRIER wrote: Quoting Justin B Rye (j...@edlug.org.uk): Description: GNOME desktop icon theme (symbolic icons) This package contains a set of icons used by the GNOME desktop. The icons are used in the panel menu, and in nautilus and other applications, to represent the

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Martin Eberhard Schauer
Package: gnome-icon-theme-symbolic Version: 3.2.1-1 Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-CC: debian-l10n-engl...@lists.debian.org Dear Maintainers, translating the package description (1) to German I found that the wording is unfortunate. Description: GNOME Desktop icon theme (symbolic icons) This

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Justin B Rye
Martin Eberhard Schauer wrote: Package: gnome-icon-theme-symbolic [...] Description: GNOME Desktop icon theme (symbolic icons) This package contains the default icon theme used by the GNOME desktop. The icons are used in the panel menu, and in nautilus and other applications, to represent

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 23 novembre 2011 à 14:06 +, Justin B Rye a écrit : There are two sentences regarding the content and I don't see how they fit together. And I don't understand the difference between icons and symbolic icons. Icons are symbols and thus they are symbolic. Did I miss

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Justin B Rye
Josselin Mouette wrote: Justin B Rye a écrit : [...] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/SymbolicIcons Yes. Also, they are more intended for use on a dark background. For example: Normal: [image] Symbolic: [image] [...] Maybe when this package description says symbolic it means

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 23 novembre 2011 à 18:47 +, Justin B Rye a écrit : Instead of saying that it contains icons for the default theme, it would be closer to the truth to say that it provides a theme for the default icons! No no, it really contains symbolic icons for the default theme. We just

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Justin B Rye
Josselin Mouette wrote: Justin B Rye a écrit : Instead of saying that it contains icons for the default theme, it would be closer to the truth to say that it provides a theme for the default icons! No no, it really contains symbolic icons for the default theme. I think I get it now; you're

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 23 novembre 2011 à 19:48 +, Justin B Rye a écrit : Description: GNOME desktop icon theme (symbolic icons) This package contains a set of icons used by the GNOME desktop. The icons are used in the panel menu, and in nautilus and other applications, to represent the

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Michael Biebl
On 23.11.2011 22:51, Justin B Rye wrote: Ben Finney wrote: Justin B Rye: Thanks; your examples make it clear that the theme is indeed graphically simple, or perhaps highly conventionalised. The word “conventionalised” seems like a neologism to me. Would “stylised” suit the purpose?

Bug#649717: Strange wording in package description

2011-11-23 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Justin B Rye (j...@edlug.org.uk): Second draft: Description: GNOME desktop icon theme (symbolic icons) This package contains a set of icons used by the GNOME desktop. The icons are used in the panel menu, and in nautilus and other applications, to represent the different