Re: Objective-C 2.0 and other new features in Leopard

[David Chisnall]

On 11 Nov 2007, at 18:39, Nicolas Roard wrote:

> Let's be blunt: I don't care if GNUstep choose to have a new UI theme
> by default,
> although I really, really think it should. And it's not like you
> wouldn't be able to switch back to the NeXT theme if you want.

I started writing a long reply to Tomaž, but I think Nicolas has  
captured most of what I was saying quite eloquently.  The question of  
a 'default' theme is not really up to GNUstep either; it should be  
something that is up to packagers.  It should be easy for someone  
packaging GNUstep for a distribution to pick the theme that fits best  
with their own brand.  If you want the old look, fine, use that.

Note that this is already possible; a packager can always grab  
Camaelon from Étoilé and add a Camaelon package to their GNUstep  
metapackage, but there is no information on the GNUstep site about  
doing this and so most people don't.  There are no screenshots on the  
GNUstep site using other themes either and so the fact that GNUstep is  
capable of a more modern look is not something that most people are  
aware of.

David