On Sun, 17 Aug 2014 13:00:08 -0400 Alexandre <ac586133@...> wrote: > > > > The condemned images can be moved to tde-artwork as an alternative to deletion. > > Good idea, in case someone still wants to have access to them. > > Pay attention! You will face a huge wall of conservatism if you delete something old and ugly in this project :) > Some things here are untouchables :) We're trying to preserve a software package from several years ago, which means the whole project is somewhat conservative by definition. ;) > Yes, I'll look at making available a selection of pictures. > So, no new default-background anymore? Actually, I'm good with the lineart background, either as it stands or with a superimposed logo/text, as the new default. Then again, I like dark. Or we could adapt it to something more like the old blue-bend wallpaper. > > > Also, can anyone confirm whether or not the "Get New Wallpapers" button in > > > the Control Center works in the latest build (that is, whether it actually produces > > > a list of new wallpapers rather than a blank page)? If not, we need to figure out how > > > to fix it (and its cousins for icons, etc.). kde-look.org *claims* to still be serving > > > "Get Hot New Stuff" feeds, which I think is the mechanism being used. > > Nope, just an empty page at least using pre-v14.0.0. This may be related to the rebranding of several components. Would be interesting if someone could try out using 3.5.13.2 or earlier versions. > > In any case we need to open a new bug report. In case the problem is a regression introduced in v14.0.0, we will have to fix it before releasing v14. Otherwise we can wait until v14.0.0 is out. > In my opinion, the ''Get Hot New Stuff'' button is crap and never worked well. > It only works with files directly hosted on kde-look.org. When files are hosted outside this site, the file that is downloaded is a blank >html file... This makes no sense. In my opinion, it would be better to transform this button in a link to open kde-look.org in a web >browser. Then, the user can do what he/she wants. It isn't a regression in Trinity--it no longer works in KDE3 either (I was asking mainly in case someone had fixed it and I wasn't aware). The feed mechanism at kde-look seems to be partially intact (the XML files are there, but I don't think they're being updated anymore), so we should be getting something. I am mystified. Unfortunately, there's only a limited amount of information on how this was supposed to work at all--I was able to retrieve one tutorial for third-party devs when I was assembling stuff for the new wiki, and there's a server-side implementation still available from http://www.kstuff.org/projects/hotstuff , but the freedesktop.org page for the spec itself is badly broken and I'm not up for wrestling the Wayback Machine today. It looks like the only "Get New . . ." button inside the Control Center is the one for wallpaper (I thought there was one for icon themes, but evidently not), so just having it pop up kde-look (or a curated list of wallpaper websites) in a browser window may in fact be the easiest fix. The *best* fix, given infinite manpower, would be to set up our own site for Trinity eye candy (this would allow us to include widget sets, window decorations, tdm splash themes, etc.) and direct the thing there, but I don't think that's happening any time soon. E. Liddell