Bug#385026: [G-I] testresults using new gtk2-engines udeb

[Attilio Fiandrotti]

Frans Pop wrote:
> I have just tested the image created yesterday by Davide. The installer
> looks very nice, it solves the bug where the selected item in multiselect
> lists is not displayed and I've seen no regressions.
> 
> There is one minor issue. VT1 gets flooded with two messages:
> * Repeated a lot:
>   (debconf: 9999): Gdk-DirectFB-WARNING **: gdk_directfb_gc_set_dashes not implemented
> * Repeated a lot while progress bar is running:
>   Gdk_DirectFB-Message: filled polygons with n > 3 are not yet supported, drawing outlines
> 
> Seems like the engine uses some "advanced" features that are not supported
> by gdk-directfb, though it does seem to cleanly fall back to alternatives.
> I'd like to prevent the flooding of VT1 though; would it be possible to
> suppress these warnings?

That's because filled polygon with more than 3 edges drawing is not 
currently supported: a patch for this exists, but wasn't committed yet 
AFAIK [1].
To prevent VT1 pollution, such warnings could be simply silenced (see 
attached patch).

> I have one question: how will implementing this clearlooks engine affect
> implementing the bladr and "dark" theme? I'd like to avoid implementing
> several different themes/engines for Etch and instead stick to only:
> - one default theme
> - the dark theme (or rather one theme for visually impaired people)

AFAIK, Bladr and the dark theme are no longer needed / applicable, as 
they use the libpixmap engine, not clearlooks, and should not be 
packaged in the g-i.
IIRC, loic has also packages the h(igh)c(ontrast)engine engine, which 
should be ok to implement accessibility.
We may need tweak something in rootskel-gtk to allow GTK theme choose at 
boot time.

cheers

Attilio

[1] http://mail.directfb.org/pipermail/directfb-dev/2006-October/002387.html
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