From 83273555ae559409bb2d61ffd9cfe4645009a38b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: freesource Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 02:49:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] In many respects, lots of these goals have been acheived. --- THEMES | 34 ---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 34 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 THEMES diff --git a/THEMES b/THEMES deleted file mode 100644 index 2a2f7bc..0000000 --- a/THEMES +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ -Swim's design gives it the ability to implement features which were once -just fiction. - -Most people involved with WM (Window Managers) have heard of themes. -Themes have become very popular. You can design a real cool look for your -WM and then pass it on to other people to recreate what you have. But, -who ever thought that themes could also apply to distributions? The only -requirement to develop a theme from the Debian distributions is to create -a customized Packages database. Apt can take it from there, by simply -clearing the old cache, making a new cache from this Package, and -installing everything. This theme can even be installed along with an -existing installation because apt will figure out what needs to be done. - -Themes can easily be made using swim. Here's a list of ideas. - -* A module with the capability of taking the output from apt, and creating -a database which would correlate to a successful installation without ever -installing one package. This would essentially be a not-installed -database with one major difference, this database would represent the real -state of a successful installation. This would allow a developer to test -a hypothetical installation, and look at it's structure. Then a Packages -file could be made from this database and tested on a real installation. - -Although this module doesn't exist, yet, it could easily be made with a -special designated database interacting with the other functions offered -by swim's existing modules. - -* Swim already allows Packages files to be made from *debs placed in the -DF - including creating a place for a personalized distribution (coming). -A person can make there own real personalized distribution in this -manner, and then share their unique Packages file with the rest of the -world, allowing other people to recreate the state of your own -distribution on their machines. -