Bug#677864: alternative?
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 06:38:47PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 09:21:00 +0200, Piotr Szydełko wrote:
>
> > For a time being I'm using the last version that was available but I would
> > like to know what will happen when I install new instance of wheezy? Will
> > there be a window manager that supports compositing?
>
> gnome and kde both have window managers that support compositing.
> There's probably others.
Neither of those support even a decent fraction of compiz' features, both
for those who want eyecandy, and those like me who want features like
instant zoom, making arbitrary windows partially transparent, colour
filters, etc.
This said, I realized that no one I know uses compiz without at least some
parts not included in Debian, and even though it works well after some
tinkering, the need for such tinkering is not something a new user would
expect from Debian. Thus, the extent of polishing needed exceeds what would
be acceptable at this time of the freeze.
Also, no one stepped up to do this. I for one can submit a FTBFS fix here
and a random patch there, but don't know window manager interactions well
enough to take a major part of responsibility. There's hope guys who want
Unity will need to handle the upgrade to Compiz 9.* as it's an Unity's
dependency even if it can still work with XFCE or MATE, but considering that
nothing really moved in ages, I wouldn't hold my breath.
So in other words: let's return here after Wheezy :(
Meow!
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