Hi Kristian,
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Kristian Lyngstøl <krist...@bohemians.org> wrote: > For the last few weeks I've been fiddling with the 0.8 code-base, mostly > because compiz got nuked in my distro and I had to do something, if for no > other reason than to have a running WM. You can find my work at: > > https://github.com/KristianLyng/compiz > (I'm also tracking issues there) > Great. Issue tracking is important. > > I've done what I felt like doing, some of which would've been > controversial/problematic 5 years ago. Hilights: > > - Merged plugins from plugins-main directly into the regular plugins. > By 'regular plugins' here do you mean 'core'? > - Ditto for bcop > I'm assuming this is the case. > - Several tweaks and improvements to the build system, including silent > building, building of bcop-based plugins without the bcop "binary" > installed, much better handling of ./configure (still, work in progress) > Build system stuff, ugh. I'm glad you're doing it. > - Add a README which is also compiled to a man page. > - Fix loading of default plugins specified at ./configure > - Sane handling of file paths for images, and error reporting > - Added simpler logging, that is easier for devs to use. > - Some very minor bug fixes > - Change coding style (I prefer my bike shed green) > We should adopt a coding style. I prefer the Linux kernel style. Can you make an outline for the coding style documentation? > > I don't have any big world-domination plans. I've got some ideas of where > I want to go, but I don't want to make a mess for anyone. Ultimately, this > is just me fiddling around with code I used to know very well, not an > attempt to smear compiz 0.9-work or "steal" anything. If it turns out to be > of interest to others, we'll just have to see what happens and deal with > questions like "What do we call it?", "Is it a fork?" and "Do these pants > make me look fat?" then. > > I wanted to hold off on this mail until things were looking a little > better. I am having some trouble understanding why my compizconfig stuff > isn't working at the moment. I'm sure I can get it to work out-of-tree, but > it's more important to me to know why it's not working and even more > importantly, why it doesn't report why it's not working. I am writing a > config-plugin to experiment (appropriately named lolconf). I expect to sort > it out within a few days, but make no promises. > > Unfortunately I feel like I have no choice but to announce this work > "officially", despite it's premature state. Scott seems to be set on > pushing his own agenda, despite my appeals to wait for a couple of weeks so > we can see what comes out of my work. I've repeatedly stated that I'm > willing to work with anyone, including Scott, despite his constant flow of > personal attacks and temper tantrums. I don't want this mail to be about > him, but I wanted to explain why I'm telling you about a side project when > config plugins are still broken. > > So my "plan" is simple: > > - Fix configuration short term, possibly long term > - Finish the ./configure work so it's easy to tell from the summary what's > missing. > - Fix random minor things that I feel like fixing > - See about packaging (.deb and probably .rpm) > - ????? > - Profit > s/- Profit/- Be Happy/ > > Feedback, help, chocolate, patches, etc are most welcome. > > Regards, > Kristian > Thanks for your help Kristian. I look forward to testing and reviewing so we can improve compiz together. I'm glad we are able to realize our common ground. Sincerely, Scott Moreau
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