On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> wrote: > Federico Beffa <be...@ieee.org> skribis: > >> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:39 PM, 宋文武 <iyzs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [...] > >>> And I don't think the sounds, themes, cursors, wallpapers and icons are >>> hard depends of a application, they are for all applications. >>> Why not set XDG_DATA_DIRS to /run/current-system/profile/share and >>> $HOME/.guix-profile/share in /etc/profile? (at gnu/system.scm) >>> So, install a theme package will work for all applications. >>> >>> WTDY? >> >> As said above, my proposal will make sure that the relevant theming >> data is found and used directly from the store. > > To summarize, I think the solution you propose would have the advantage > of working out-of-the-box, even when Guix is used on another distro, and > the disadvantage to be inflexible (the set of themes, icons, etc. used > by an application will be fixed at build time, IIUC.) > > What 宋文武 proposes would have the advantage of being more flexible > (users can install the themes they prefer), but would work only on > “Guixotic”, and not out-of-the-box (users will have to remember to > install one sound theme, icon set, etc.) > > Does that make sense?
I do not see the two methods as alternatives, but as complementary and co-working: my proposal makes sure that a package works out of the box by *prefixing* XDG_DATA_DIRS (and not replacing it). So a user is still able to add themes in his own profile. Or, do you see any problem? Or, would you prefer to append instead to prefix? Regards, Fede
