Bug#494863: ITP: transset-df -- manager for on-the-fly transparency changing in X

[Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Daniel Moerner <dmoerner@gmail.com>

  Package name    : transset-df
  Version         : 6
  Upstream Author : Daniel Forchheimer <n04df@student.lth.se>
  URL             : http://www.forchheimer.se/transset-df/
  License         : 'Use however you want. I can't stop you': public domain
                     parts.

		     Copyright 1993, 1998 The Open Group

		     Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this
		     software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby 
		     granted without fee, provided that the above copyright 
		     notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright 
		     notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
		     documentation.
		     [...]

  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : manager for on-the-fly transparency changing in X

transset-df is a program that allows the user to change window 
transparencies on the fly.  Supported methods include using window 
manager hotkeys, 'select by pointing' without actually clicking a window, 
and selecting by name and window id.  transset-df is a modified version 
of xorg's transset and requires compositing to function.  It is meant 
to allow a windowmanger-independent way to support transparency.


I have been in contact with the upstream developer, who has expressed
interest in bringing transset-df into debian.  Unlike transset, it has
had releases in 2005, 2006, and 2007, and is still being slowly
developed upstream.  The developer is willing to explicitly provide a
better license if the public domain parts license is deemed unacceptable
for Debian.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)