Well, that's unlikely to be a realistic goal. But at least respect the
Unity interface. If XTerm shall remain installed by default, then making
the icon match the current default set should be of paramount importance
for visual consistency. Considering that this has been a papercut for so
many for so long, albeit a minor one, I can't understand how interface
standards can be raised unless Canonical and the greater Ubuntu
community enforce design policies, and the first step is taking such
complaints seriously. Yet, every one of the bug reports submitted in
regard to the confusing inclusion of XTerm is either rudely shot down or
ignored. Quite frankly, XTerm and its extremely bad looking icon in Dash
(popping up every time you call up Gnome Terminal) both scares and
confuses the target Ubuntu audience, which will never ever use it. It
is, therefore, most obviously a legitimate concern!

Now, you say there are new icons available somewhere for XTerm patch
#281. (By the way, the previous sentence means almost nothing to the
target ubuntu audience.) But if ordinary users can't find or expect to
get useful information in these bug reports about when or if such an
improvement will become default in 12.10, or whether its available as as
upgrade for 12.04, how can we possibly expect target audience Ubuntu
users to take the time to file beneficial bug reports in the first
place?

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