Re: new stock icons

[Kristian Rietveld <kris gtk org>]

Hi Jakub,

On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 07:40:02PM +0200, Jakub Steiner wrote:
> I propose a replacement of the current gtk stock icons with newly
> created artwork[1]. The set uses the exact same metaphors so it's
> unlikely to cause any trouble with applications using the icons in a
> slightly changed context. It has been drawn from scratch to be
> distributable under the GNU LGPL license.

First of all congratulations to you and the rest of the Tango team for
managing to redo all stock icons in a single day -- a great achievement
indeed.  I think having the source to all icons in the gtk+ repository
will be a great advantage.

> It has been brought up on this list that this style update should not
> happen as a replacement, and the old stock remain as an option. I don't
> see any benefit of this. The metaphors didn't change, only the style has
> been updated to be less unique. I don't see anyone willing to maintain
> the old look elsewhere. But of course I'm letting those decisions on
> you.

I've raised my compatibility concerns earlier on this list -- if the general
consensus amongst the GTK+ core developers is that replacing the icon
set is no problem compatibility-wise, then I am in full support of your
proposal.


Personally I only partly agree with Mitch that icons are not part of the
API/ABI, because I do feel that the point Morten raised in this thread is
valid to some extent.  I second Mitch' point that frameworks do polish
from time to time and also the design of widgets does slightly change.
The icons only saw a slight change, since the new icons are basically
a "redraw" of the old images AFAIK.  Before I was under the impression
that some of the icons were about to be completely revamped.

In summary, I don't see much issues with replacing the icons.  If we want
to make use of some kind of "transition period" as suggested, we should
decide on replacing the icon set ASAP.



thanks,

-kris.