Decide if we're keeping tinting support (and at what levels)

[turt2live]

ref matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk#2554 (comment)

[RosinSmoke]

Hello. I really liked old green theme in dark mode, but colour scheme picking is removed at this moment. Are there any plans on returning it, or, at least, adding field in settings for custom css or 5-7 pre-defined palettes? Most of popular chat applications are lacking custom colour schemes, and I thought this feature would stay in Riot because it was really handy, green was easier on my eyes than current shade of blue.

[aaronraimist]

@jryans replying to your comment from #8950:

The status of tinting is currently unclear. I think I'll mark this as a duplicate of #8421 for now. The reference there should remind us to do this (if decision is to remove it entirely).

It is clear that it doesn't work though so the command at least needs to be removed as an option while the decision is being made.

See https://matrix.to/#/!YTvKGNlinIzlkMTVRl:matrix.org/$vQdghl8gO9zl-Uut4jE3vQaREoXl8XvL3fsty9rw12k?via=matrix.org&via=privacytools.io&via=chat.weho.st

[t3chguy]

@aaronraimist tint is already gone as of matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk@1e8b304#diff-169ccbc029c19af7aa45751a67229f3f

[aaronraimist]

@t3chguy that should be in Riot 1.3.6 right? It still shows up for me as an option on riot.im/app

[t3chguy]

It should not, the last few releases cherry-picked changes so it is still waiting to get merged in along with 700+ other commits :D

[aaronraimist]

Issues that can be closed when you decide to get rid of tinting:
#738
#907
#2038
#2402
#2544
#3139
#3549
#4353
#6228
#6351

I vote yes kill it and to eventually replaced it with a more advanced theming system like #5844

[turt2live]

It's pretty clear that we're not keeping tinting as it stands.