[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#640008: Bug#640008: there is no icon for gdpc 2.2.5-1 from sid in GNOME->applications->science

[Charles Plessy]

Le Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 03:09:15PM +0200, melchiaros a écrit :
> Package: gdpc
> Version: 2.2.5-1
> Severity: minor
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> it is like the summary says.

Dear Melchiaros,

gdpc has no icon upsteam, and I would be reluctant to add generic icons to menu
entries that have not, because it would confusingly relate unrelated programs,
and because many generic icons tend to vehiculate visions of science that are
sometimes carricatural (which contributes to maintain the gap between science
and society).

The proper way to fix this bug, in my opinion, would to design an original icon
for gdpc, and have it adopted upstream.  This is what I did for SeaView for
instance.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan