Davyd (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davyd) wrote,@ 2006-08-16 15:55:00 |
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getting back the foot
Ubuntu, like so many other distribution vendors patch something, so that somehow they can put their (ugly) logo on the panel. Ubuntu had the cleanest solution to this, they installed an icon in the theme called distributor-logo and then patched the GNOME panel to check for that logo's existence and use it if available. This made it remarkably easy to get your foot back using a dpkg diversion:
The question here is why Ubuntu applies this patch, yet replaces the icon anyway... I wish I knew.
"Bruce Schneier knows Alice and Bob's shared secret"
I want this on a T-shirt.
Ubuntu, like so many other distribution vendors patch something, so that somehow they can put their (ugly) logo on the panel. Ubuntu had the cleanest solution to this, they installed an icon in the theme called distributor-logo and then patched the GNOME panel to check for that logo's existence and use it if available. This made it remarkably easy to get your foot back using a dpkg diversion:
dpkg-divert --rename --divert /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/distributor-logo.svg.ubuntu --add /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/distributor-logo.svgUnfortunately in Edgy (perhaps with the icon-naming-spec) this is no longer enough! GNOME now attempts to fall back to an icon called start-here, which it turns out Ubuntu is replacing (grrr). What I've done is to divert this icon as well:
sudo dpkg-divert --rename --divert /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/start-here.svg.ubuntu --add /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/places/start-here.svgThen download the icon from the gnome-icon-theme.
The question here is why Ubuntu applies this patch, yet replaces the icon anyway... I wish I knew.
"Bruce Schneier knows Alice and Bob's shared secret"
I want this on a T-shirt.
