“The completely new theme for Ubuntu 8.04 has been deferred to
the following release. The original plan was to have a fresh theme
for every long-term-support release, starting with Ubuntu 8.04
Hardy Heron. Now it has been decided to put off the redesign until
Ubuntu 8.10.“Here is the source, a posting by Kenneth Wimer:
“Many of the basic questions have now been answered and we can
begin to move forward in earnest–remember though, we are not going
to change the theme for Hardy radically as it is the last of the
LTS cycle (stated in previous mails, launchpad blueprints, irc,
etc)…”