[packages/gnome-shell] R: metacity-theme-base

[Lukasz Kies]

2013/10/24 jajcus <jajcus at pld-linux.org>:
> commit 82ca6ec58bb122b2c2258e0943f6d061a495ef15
> Author: Jacek Konieczny <j.konieczny at eggsoft.pl>
> Date:   Thu Oct 24 10:37:33 2013 +0200
>
>     R: metacity-theme-base
>
>     Without such (or a compatible) theme gnome-shell won't work. In case
>     of a fresh PLD install with just GDM the symptom is no graphical output
>     when GDM starts.
Hi,

I don't believe this is the correct way couse it force user to install
a large part of metacity while most probably already another, newer WM
is installed (like mutter). GDM cannot start because gnome-session
cannot find a "usual theme" from /usr/share/themes:

Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "Adwaita": Failed to find a valid file for theme
Adwaita
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "Simple": Failed to find a valid file for theme
Simple
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "Default": Failed to find a valid file for theme
Default
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "HighContrast": Failed to find a valid file for
theme HighContrast
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "Raleigh": Failed to find a valid file for theme
Raleigh
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "Adwaita": Failed to find a valid file for theme
Adwaita
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager warning:
Failed to load theme "Emacs": Failed to find a valid file for theme
Emacs
Oct 24 22:58:38 cassie gnome-session[4799]: Window manager error:
Could not find a theme! Be sure /usr/share/themes exists and contains
the usual themes.

Both Adwaita and HighContrast theme is provided by
gnome-themes-standard package. However Simple is a metacity theme.

As we require for GDM a virtual gdm-wm (at the moment only gnome-shell
and metacity) and metacity already requires metacity-theme-base
(Simple theme) in my opinion there should be requirement of
gnome-themes-standard in gnome-shell (or maybe os some lover level
like gnome-desktop?).

Any opinions?

-- 
Regards,
Lukasz