Common icon themes

[Waldo Bastian]

>>  Then we make the rule for application icons (those referenced by the
>>  desktop file spec):
>>  You *must* install an icon in the "hicolor" theme. It can be of any
>>  sort, but preferably a "neutral" look. Additionally they may install
>>  icons in any themed directories it want.
>>
>
>I'm not sure of this. Does it mean that kde (and gnome) will have to
>install their apps icons (let's say konqueror.png or nautilus.png) to
>hicolor (so that the other desktop finds it) and to crystalsvg/gnome (to
>use the default icon theme of each desktop) ?
>
>1.1) On one hand, if those icons are different, I don't think it makes
>sense to mantain two icon themes in kde's cvs nor in gnome's cvs.
>1.2)If those icons are the same... well, it's illogical to keep duplicated
>icons in hicolor and crystalsvg.

No, I think that makes sense. There would always be a somewhat 
neutral hicolor icon for an application and optionally an appropriate 
styled icon to match the desktop look.

Ref 1.1: But we have two icon themes today already, no?

Ref. 1.2: if they are the same, the icon only needs to go in hicolor 
and you can leave the crystalsvg one out.

Cheers,
Waldo