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Bug 611864 - improvements to default window manager theme
Summary: improvements to default window manager theme
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: system-gnome-theme
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: jmccann
QA Contact: Brock Organ
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-07-06 18:13 UTC by jmccann
Modified: 2015-01-14 23:25 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: gnome-themes-2.28.1-6.el6 system-gnome-theme-60.0.2-1.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-11-11 15:00:25 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)
default llok and feel in snap #12 (272.80 KB, image/png)
2010-08-24 09:20 UTC, Alexander Todorov 		no flags Details
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Description jmccann 2010-07-06 18:13:18 UTC 
We currently ship an unmodified GNOME default window manager theme.  It isn't bad and is better than what we had immediately before it but it isn't outstanding either.  Something that is this high visibility in our product should be as good as we can make it.  We had a few attempts at improving the theme that fell short in time and expertise.  We should make a final attempt.  It is a big bang for the buck - and requires no code changes.  We now have a top caliber graphic artist around who has experience creating these kinds of themes.

Perhaps the change can be proposed upstream as well.

Since this will be a visual change we may need to coordinate with the docs team.
Comment 9 Ales Kozumplik 2010-07-19 08:53:09 UTC 
This seems to have spawned a blocker in anaconda: bug 615299. The fix is to add Slider/ into /usr/share/themes on the install image, which I verified fixes the problem. However, our image generation scripts should pick this up automatically if the metacity theme has the same name as the gtk theme *and* the new gtk theme is mentioned in /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc, which it is not.

Jon, is there a reason why system-gnome-theme-60.0.1-1.el6 doesn't mention Slider as gtk-theme-name in /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc?

Thanks.
Comment 10 Ales Kozumplik 2010-07-19 08:56:31 UTC 
oh, BTW, how is this file supposed to be used:
/usr/share/themes/System/index.theme
i.e. when is the System theme used?

Perhaps we could pick our changes up from there (that would require a lot more difficult testing though).
Comment 11 Ray Strode [halfline] 2010-07-20 16:57:51 UTC 
looks like an oversight
Comment 12 Ray Strode [halfline] 2010-07-20 17:00:12 UTC 
Should be set in system-gnome-theme-60.0.2-1.el6
Comment 13 Ray Strode [halfline] 2010-07-20 17:03:03 UTC 
*** Bug 615299 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 15 Alexander Todorov 2010-08-24 09:20:14 UTC 
Created attachment 440606 [details]
default llok and feel in snap #12
Comment 16 Alexander Todorov 2010-08-24 09:21:01 UTC 
The new default theme is being used in snap #12, see attached screenshot. Moving to VERIFIED.
Comment 17 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-11-11 15:00:25 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.
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