On Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:20:28 +0100
Michele Calgaro <michele.calgaro@...> wrote:

> On the subject of new backgrounds, I have gone through the list of backgrounds installed by default (on my system at least) and identify those that I think we should replace with new ones (already provided by Alex). The list is as follow:
> 
> 1) To be removed/replaced:
> Appropriately Left Handed
> Blue-green crissocross
> Gold crickle
> Green curtain
> Kubical (because it shows 'KDE')
> Stripes
> Superfluous organ
> The good times
> Totally new product
> Triple gears
> Vegetative fog
> Water
> Won Ton soup
> 
> 2) Other candidates for removal/replacement
> All good people
> Blue angle swirl
> Chicken song
> Geared globe
> Mystical right turn
> Time for lunch
> 
> 
> The old backgrounds that will be removed/replaced will not be completely deleted. Instead they will be moved to tdeartwork/wallpapers/obsolete and installed into /opt/trinity/share/wallpapers/obsolete, so that a user can still access them if required.
> A note will be added to the v14.0.0 release notes.
> 
> Please review the list above and let me know if some changes are necessary (i.e. you want to add/remove wallpapers to the list).

Nearly all of the files on your list are the tiling wallpapers.  They aren't very large.
The end result is that we'll be increasing the size of the tdebase package
substatially by replacing them with a dozen hi-res backgrounds.  And I think some
of the files on your list aren't in the current tdebase package (going by
https://git.trinitydesktop.org/cgit/tdebase/tree/pics/wallpapers )

kubical -> replace
triplegears -> replace
konqui -> replace (shows old KDE mascot)
stripes -> replace
mystical right turn -> replace
globe -> replace
default gears -> replace
chicken songs -> replace

Appropriately Left Handed, Blue-green criss-cross, Gold crinkle, Green curtain, 
Superfluous organ, The good times, Vegetative fog, and Water aren't in the tdebase 
package as far as I can tell.  The only tiling background in the 'base package
that I'd drop is Chicken Songs.  The other five are a well-selected assortment
(mix of darkish/light, contrasty/subtle, and various colours).

There's nothing that says we have to put all the new wallpapers in 'base, either.
The purpose of including wallpapers in that package at all is to allow the
user to find something to look at that won't make their eyes bleed while they
go searching for the perfect custom background.  It doesn't have to be a
comprehensive assortment.

E. Liddell