Re: future plans for compiz / compiz-fusion
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 09:36:52PM +0200, sean finney wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> (please CC me on all follow-ups, i'm not subscribed)
>
> As some of you who hang around on #debian-x know, i've been recently talking a
> bit about getting some kind of compiz configuration manager (ccsm
> specifically) and the latest compiz fusion plugins into debian. the trouble
> is with all the compiz/beryl fussing going around lately, things have gotten
> a bit messy.
>
> to the point, none of the new plugins/apps/libraries related to compiz can go
> in until we update the compiz source package, as there are incompatible
> api/abi changes.
>
> i've written a description of the situation and a plan forward here:
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/Compiz
>
> short version of my recommendation is
> * update compiz
> * take source packages for everything else from ubuntu
>
> i'll have some free time in the next couple weeks, and plan on helping along
> this path if there are no objections (i've already spoken privately with
> thierry to make sure i'm not stepping on anyone's toes)
>
> questions/comments welcome
I have a serious allergy to cdbs myself. I refuse to have it in the Xorg
packages, but if it's on compiz then that's more peripheral so it's up to
you. I'm totally unwilling to touch, sponsor, or even look at a package
that uses cdbs though, so if you want to import the stuff from Ubuntu
as-is, you'll have to go it alone. I'm a big fan of leveraging the work
from Ubuntu, but not at the cost of using cdbs.
The only other comment I have is that you'll want to be sure to stage all
of this in experimental until it's ready to really use.
- David Nusinow
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