[Bug 697425] Review Request: sound-theme-beethoven-fifth - Sound theme based on Beethoven's fifth symphony

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--- Comment #2 from Onyeibo <twohotis at gmail.com> 2011-04-18 19:49:51 EDT ---
To cut the long story short.  The answer is no!  I believe the author of this
sound-theme intended it be one of many sound-themes that will be developed by
the musicians and creative artists at Fedora Sound SIG.  It does not represent
a default sound-theme for fedora product but an option different from the
freedesktop theme which has been the only theme shipping with fedora for 3 yrs
AFAIK

The People at Fedora Sound SIG are basically giving meaning to an existing and
mostly overlooked implementation in the Project. The XDG sound theme
specification has been used in the Project since 2008 but unlike other aspects
of Fedora Project, it remains mostly unexploited by contributors and end-users.
By Contributors I mean those that are not directly involved in the
implementation ... those who probably know nothing about scripting or
programming.  Those contributors can be anybody from any discipline with a good
taste of sound and music.

The Beethoven Sound theme is proof of concept -- if you will.  It does not
represent the collective decision of the Fedora Project members. It is to the
Fedora Sound SIG like what echo-Icon-theme is to the Fedora Design-team.  Echo
Icon theme is not the default icon theme in Fedora product but contributors
continue to improve it.  Users have a choice of using it at its present state. 
What we should be considering is the provision of options (which promotes
'freedom' for which the project stand for).  So far, our users have not been
that privileged in the sound event section.  That is what the SIG is trying to
change and the Beethoven Theme is their first product.

It follows that no particular culture is being favoured although the present
appear to suggest a preference to Western European Music. A contributor from a
different part of the globe may submit something entirely different.  Its all
about options ... and freedom.  Later, when the SIG matures we can start
thinking of a theme that the Project can call theirs == The Fedora Sound Theme.

'Old-Fashioned Primitivism'?  That doesn't sound objective -- not nice either. 
If you believe Microsoft has solved the problem then it can be done, more so,
by Fedora Contributors when they put there resources to it.  I see a lot of
reasoning in your argument though it doesn't fully apply in this case.  We
could use more of your constructive approach/analysis at #fedora-sound channel
(freenode).  Thanks

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