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Bug 149346 - Themes should have .theme as extension instead of tar.gz
Themes should have .theme as extension instead of tar.gz
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: [obsolete] theme-manager
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-08-04 22:39 UTC by Jaap A. Haitsma
Modified: 2007-01-14 19:27 UTC
See Also:
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Description Jaap A. Haitsma 2004-08-04 22:39:12 UTC 
If themes had a .theme extension, it would be far more clear that the respective
file is a theme and not a general tarball. Of course in the end a .theme file
will still be a tarball, but from a user point of perspective I do not care what
the internal format is. It should just be clear that it is a theme. 

Other examples .jar java files are actually just zip files. Also .xpi mozilla
extensions are just zip files
Comment 1 Luis Villa 2004-12-08 18:17:10 UTC 
Yeah, this has been discussed tangentially in other bugs.
Comment 2 Thomas Wood 2006-01-08 15:47:57 UTC 
Unfortunatly the .theme extension is already used by index.theme in icon themes, and the index.theme in metathemes.

It would be nice to allow metathemes to have their own extension, but I think it would have to be something other than .theme.
Comment 3 Alberto Ruiz 2006-04-18 20:21:53 UTC 
I propose .tpf (Theme Package Format) as name, I'll look at what should be done to propose a new mime type and I'll comment as soon as I get the information.
Comment 4 Thomas Wood 2007-01-14 19:27:17 UTC 
This has been fixed by bug 393697.