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define "iconthemes" and provide an api to get an item by it's name.
In many places the use of icons makes for a nicer gui. In order to get a more unified look, it doesn't make sense if every module brings along it's own icons, but it should be able to ask the system for an icon by a functional name.
I think we need such an API in drupal core, but for prototyping and discussing a module in contrib should be fine.
Why do I want to reuse their icon-theme work?
Because it would enable us to reuse existing icons themes (there are lots for gnome and kde) to provide icons for drupal installations.
Foreigner allows Drupal to maintain references to content items and users that are managed externally, and to treat these references like regular Drupal nodes/users.