please set a new release of oxygen icons for the next framework 6.27

[nuno]

A segunda-feira, 1 de junho de 2026 23:36:16 Hora de verão da Europa Ocidental 
Christoph Cullmann escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> > A 1 de junho de 2026 19:35:52 WEST, Max Brazhnikov <makc at freebsd.org> 
escreveu:
> > >On Sun, 31 May 2026 23:50:51 +0200 Nicolas Fella wrote:
> > >> Am 31.05.26 um 11:14 schrieb Albert Astals Cid:
> > >> > El dilluns, 11 de maig del 2026, a les 16:43:35 (Hora d’estiu
> > >> > d’Europa
> > >> > 
> > >> > central), Christoph Cullmann va escriure:
> > >> >> Hi,
> > >> >> 
> > >> >>> A segunda-feira, 4 de maio de 2026 21:12:07 Hora de verão da Europa
> > >> >>> Ocidental>
> > >> >>> 
> > >> >>> David Redondo escreveu:
> > >> >>>> Am Montag, 4. Mai 2026, 21:42 schrieb nuno:
> > >> >>>>> in plasma  6.7 we are making oxygen work again and we dis a ton
> > >> >>>>> of
> > >> >>>>> work on
> > >> >>>> 
> > >> >>>> the
> > >> >>>> 
> > >> >>>>> icons to match the entire thing...
> > >> >>>>> 
> > >> >>>>> can we please release a new tarbal with oxygen icon with the
> > >> >>>>> 6.27?
> > >> >>>> 
> > >> >>>> Oxygen icons is not part of frameworks (KF6) anymore as far as I
> > >> >>>> know.
> > >> >>>> Last release as a standalone project was by Jonathan in
> > >> >>>> preparation for
> > >> >>>> plasma 6 because of that so people would still have oxygen icons
> > >> >>>> even
> > >> >>>> when
> > >> >>>> they don't have KF5 anymore.
> > >> >>>> 
> > >> >>>> If you think oxygen is due another release it can have another
> > >> >>>> release
> > >> >>>> as a
> > >> >>>> standalone project. Either by you or someone else that knows how
> > >> >>>> to make
> > >> >>>> releases.
> > >> >>>> 
> > >> >>>>> cheers
> > >> >>>> 
> > >> >>>> Cheers,
> > >> >>>> David
> > >> >>> 
> > >> >>> If  Jonathan was around he would sort this out, he was my go to guy
> > >> >>> to
> > >> >>> make
> > >> >>> this sort of things. We had it on slow burner for some years and
> > >> >>> would
> > >> >>> publish new versions to fix bugs every now and then. in 6 series
> > >> >>> I'm
> > >> >>> pretty sure we made 2 releases at
> > >> >>> Given the current momentum on the project, i believe reinstating it
> > >> >>> as a
> > >> >>> normal part of frameworks is the best action, lots  more work
> > >> >>> coming up in
> > >> >>> the next year or so.
> > >> >>> 
> > >> >>> 
> > >> >>> If you guys believe something different is required please let me
> > >> >>> know, I
> > >> >>> just do the icons have no idea how any of this works. Any help is
> > >> >>> more
> > >> >>> than welcome, in fact I'm asking for it....
> > >> >> 
> > >> >> given it still lives in the frameworks group and is even marked as
> > >> >> still
> > >> >> release, ...
> > >> >> 
> > >> >> https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/oxygen-icons/-/blob/master/metainf
> > >> >> o.yaml?r ef_type=heads
> > >> >> 
> > >> >> could we not just add it to the packages we release with normal
> > >> >> frameworks?
> > >> > 
> > >> > Sounds reasonable to me.
> > >> > 
> > >> > Nico?
> > >> 
> > >> I'm okay with it.
> > >> 
> > >> Unless someone objects until next week I'll add it to 6.27
> > >
> > >The tarball size for recently released oxygen-icons-6.2.0 is 240MB, which
> > >is more than twice the total size of all frameworks tarballs. Does
> > >oxygen-icons really need to be packaged monthly?
> > >
> > >Max
> > 
> > At least in the next few months it would be nice, since a lot of changes
> > are happening with many bugs and issues being addressed...
> > 
> > 
> > After we could scale down 2 something similar to plasma.
> 
> would it be feasible to skip some of the pngs?
> 
> Seems to me we have the svgs (for different sizes, too) and the pngs.
> Could one start to remove parts of that like one did in Breeze?
> 
> I guess that would solve most size issues without any need to deviate from
> the normal release schedule of frameworks.
> 
> Greetings
> Christoph
> 
> > Nuno Pinheiro

in oxygen the vast majority of svgz files are just sources, given the 
complexity of them live rendering them would be a waste of cpu cycles. 
not sure witch png files are outdated 
and no longer in use...
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