Distro-centric applicatino branding

Paul Sladen wrote:

>The real bug here is not their fault, but Ubuntu's fault for letting through
>distro-centric branding in the applications rather than keeping it in the
>ubuntu-artwork/branding packages.
>
>This is a much a problem when it comes to *wanting* other people to derive
>from Ubuntu.  ...Before Linspire (or Edubuntu, or Foo) start deriving from
>Ubuntu they are going to have to be able to get a clean (unbranded) package
>set to work from.
>  
>
Agreed. This is why I have always asked for ALL distro branding,
including Debian and Ubuntu branding, to be put somewhere simple and
consistent. It's pervasive and largely unnecessary.

    Mark