> Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 10:59:21 +0100 > From: Florian Dejonckheere <[email protected]> > To: AUR General <[email protected]> > Subject: [aur-general] Compiz reform > Message-ID: > <cakozjbhruy97u_tjspmqp06bf_roch9cxbich1w4xchyy3d...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Compiz has been dropped from [community] for over a year. It's time to > clean up the fragmented packages. I suggest the following changes: > > - Merge all 'compiz' packages (compiz, compiz-pure etc.) into > 'compiz-core', make that one DE independant. > - Create either spinoffs of that package built for DEs (gnome, gtk, kde) or > use a split package ? la backintime-{gnome,gtk,kde4} (which I prefer) > - Standalone decorator packages for gnome, gtk, kde, emerald > - Rename plugins from 'compiz-fusion-plugins-*' to 'compiz-plugins-*' > following upstream > > We also seem to have a lot of -dev and -bzr packages for compiz++ (aka > compiz 0.9). To me it makes more sense to rename all -dev packages to > compiz++, since compiz-0.9 is (or rather, was) the next-gen version of > compiz, rather than a development version. > > Besides that, almost all PKGBUILDs have to be updated to match modern > standards. > > - Florian >
Just try not to flip-out on me too much when you see my convoluted compiz-xfce package, Florian. :D Regards, Rob McCathie (korrode)
