Re: Letting gtk3 depend on adwaita-icon-theme

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost> writes:

>>   1) Pick adwaita-icon-theme as the standard approach to gtk3 icon themes,
>>   because there aren't compelling reasons for most choices, and we think
>>   that is is the most likely to be universally satisfactory.
> Couldn't we have something like GTK3_ICON_THEME, defaulting to adwaita?
> (And make programs depend on ${GTK3_ICON_THEME}-icon-theme)

Yes, that sounds possible.

I am unclear on the details of themes, and it would help if someone
could explain:

  Given that programs need some theme, but not a particular one, what
  happens if more than one is installed?