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Bug#155680: PROPOSAL ] bump priority of window managers which support WMSP



On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 02:16:32PM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:

> +		  If the window manager complies with the <url
[the netwm spec]
> +		  name="Free Desktop Group">, add 30 points.

Hmm, 30 points is a lot.  That would mean that a netwm-compliant
window manager which didn't support the Debian menu system would rank
higher than a non-netwm system which did.  I'm not sure I'm willing to
go that far.

Right now we have 20 points for menu, and 10 points for the ability to
restart a different window manager.  How about if we go for 30 points
for menu, 20 points for netwm, and 10 for switching?  Or something
like that?

I definitely have mixed feelings about this whole thing.  I'd like
gnome to work hassle-free out of the box, but I'd also like to have
the *best* window manager be default, even for our users that don't
use gnome.  I think that a "netwm" alternative might actually be the
best approach all around, even if it is a little more complicated.

(I still want to hear what Branden has to say about all of this, too.)

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