[MacPorts] #39754: Make gnome-themes-standard setup as gtk2 and 3 theme automatically

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#39754: Make gnome-themes-standard setup as gtk2 and 3 theme automatically
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  Reporter:  c.herbig@…             |      Owner:  devans@…
      Type:  enhancement            |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Low                    |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                  |    Version:
Resolution:                         |   Keywords:
      Port:  gnome-themes-standard  |
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Comment (by c.herbig@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 larryv@…]:
 > I do not think it is a good idea for ports to automatically alter users’
 configuration files in this fashion, or provide an option for doing so.
 I suppose it could become a sticky situation if there is already something
 in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini but it could perhaps be dealt with using
 a similar method to how macports appends it's stuff to an existing
 .profile

 Ultimately, I would like to create some sort of port that installs and
 configures a basic, minimal Gtk environment for not-so-technical users,
 such as fellow students, faculty and associates.  They often balk at the
 command line, finding it intimidating enough even for copy and pasting
 commands.  Essentially, if there was a way to just tell them, for example,
 you can have a free program for drawing chemical diagrams and reactions by
 just installing macports, then some-port, it would be much better than
 trying to convince them to do: Install MacPorts, then Xcode, then install
 the command line utils from Xcode, then install an X11 server, configure
 it, then some-package, and then to not make it look ugly, install some-
 theme, then configure it by hand.

 I suppose the reason I thought using a variant to accomplish this would be
 good is that it requires that extra, deliberate piece that ensures that's
 what the user wanted it to do.  I agree that it could be a bit rude for it
 to just assume that it can modify a users files just by default.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39754#comment:3>
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