On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 23:00 -0400, Dan Winship wrote: > Toby Smithe wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 01:33 +0200, Marco Cabizza wrote: > >> So, can the metacity compositor link against something else - i.e. a > >> compiz backend? - or is it just stalled ? > > > > Well, I know nothing of how it currently works, but I do believe that > > the best solution would be to incorporate support for Compiz/Beryl > > plugins such that Metacity compositing could be up to standard, with all > > the effects and what-not. > > Compiz plugins aren't like xscreensaver hacks or something like that > where they're completely self-contained and could in theory be run by > anybody. They are utterly dependent on various random bits of compiz's > internal architecture. Metacity could never run compiz plugins unless it > essentially became compiz.
I had a feeling this would be the case, and I doubted inclusion as soon as I sent off the e-mail. I don't want a Compiz clone, so I probably think that doing something new is the better approach. It's just that there is a working infrastructure there, and it's a pity to waste it. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
