Missuse of a hardcoded icon on xfce exo

[Sean Davis]

The issue at hand is basically that there is no standard definition for the
mail icon. Since we can generally expect the "emblem-mail" icon to exist in
most themes, this is what we are using. The ideal resolution would be
proposing a patch for the freedesktop.org standards for a new standard mail
icon.

The proposed "mail-generic" exists in fewer icon themes than the standard
"emblem-mail" or non-standard "internet-mail".

On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:56 PM, Pablo Lezaeta Reyes <prflr88 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> El Fri, 25 Aug 2017 16:42:18 +0200
> Olivier Duchateau <duchateau.olivier at gmail.com> escribió:
> > On Fri, 25 Aug 2017 01:05:44 -0300
> > Pablo Roberto Lezaeta Reyes <prflr88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I noticed that commit 511808ff2586bd196600c [0]
> > >  in exo introduce a change that is even though they're now using a
> > > freedesktop standard icon they're using it in *entirely the wrong
> > > context* which will play havoc with any icon theme in existance.
> > >
> > > Emblem icons are for *tags and properties of files*, that are
> > > displayed in the file manager. This context contains emblems for
> > > such things as “ read-only” or “photos” [1].
> >
> > Complain Adwaita icons theme (or the GNOME designe team), because
> > they are not able to follow the standard, they develop.
> >
>
> Budgie and pathreon desktops have the same issue at least for many of
> the same icons like the mail reader and both decide use "mail-generic"
> should not we use it too? or also try to use the same names that they
> use.
>
> Also I think the issue relly more in a stardard that haven't reseived
> an update or ammendment within like 7 years.
>
> > >
> > > [0]
> > > https://git.xfce.org/xfce/exo/commit/?id=
> 29474fe37267266e785511808ff2586bd196600c
> > > [1]
> > > https://standards.freedesktop.org/icon-naming-spec/icon-
> naming-spec-latest.html
> > >
> > > Since is a developer release, should I notify them as a bug or this
> > > is enough?
> > >
> > > *Pablo Lezaeta*
> >
> >
>
> The question persist, I should oppend a bug and if need submit a patch
> with (in my optinion) changin to "mail-generic" or this mail in the
> mailist is enough?
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-- 
Thanks,

Sean Davis
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