On: Please don’t theme our apps

[loudtieblahblah]

Just bc you wrote something doesn't give you the right to dictate how I use it on my personal machine.

[sp332 → loudtieblahblah]

Again, this letter is not aimed at end users. "If you like to tinker with your own system, that’s fine with us."

[suby → sp332]

This would absolutely impact end users when they can no longer find custom themes through their distro of choice.

It is unreasonable to expect each end user to build their own custom themes, it makes far more sense for distros to do the work once.

[onli → sp332]

That paragraph continues. The letter is absolutely also aimed at end users:

> If you like to tinker with your own system, that’s fine with us. However, if you change things like stylesheets and icons, you should be aware that you’re in unsupported territory. Any issues you encounter should be reported to the theme developer, not the app developer.

Just not with the same vehemence as its message directed at distros.

[icegreentea2 → onli]

But I mean it's also technically correct. How could an application developer make any kind of guarantee in the face of arbitrary theming and tinkering by the end user?

[loudtieblahblah → icegreentea2]

Who ever asked a Foss developer to be responsible for gui/usability issues due to their theming?

This all seems like a huge issue made about nothing on consequence

[sjwright → onli]

Read that quote extract again—"If you like to tinker with your own system"—that is clearly saying to the distro developer to understand the distinction between your personal preferences and what you might distribute to others.

If the letter was aimed at end users, that qualifier would have been redundant. Therefore the letter is not aimed at end users.