On 01/26/2012 10:28 AM, Jorge O. Castro wrote: > With tools like MyUnity now in universe, and didrocks putting basic > configuration in the control panel I'd like to propose the removal of > compizconfig-settingsmanager. > > I don't mean "stop telling people to use it" or "add a warning", I > mean total removal from the archive until the tool is either better > tested or doesn't break people's configuration. Here are some of the > problems with the tool. > > - It's possible to accidentally uncheck the Unity plugin, breaking the > user's desktop. > - It has a load of checkboxes for plugins that we don't support, > allowing infinite combinations of untested options, which result in > either a broken desktop or a misconfigured one. > - People report these bugs, and instead of fixing real bugs we have to > deal with corner case bugs for things we never plan on supporting. > - Since it's settings are separate from Unity a "unity --reset" > doesn't fix it, you have to blow away .compiz or some other dotfile > directories to get a desktop back. > - Alex Chiang has documented some of the issues he's run into here: > http://askubuntu.com/a/80590/235 > - I'm sure at UDS you've seen didrocks show you one of the ways it > breaks even when using parts of it that shouldn't break. > > MyUnity is a better user-facing tool anyway for those that want to > play, it would be a shame to have the ccsm tool ship in an LTS. If > anyone cares about it they can plop it in a PPA. > -1, CCSM isn't just for unity, but any other desktop that uses compiz. I'm wondering if other desktops even work with the newer compiz in the archive. In any event, adding a Breaks unity to compizconfig-settings-manager wouldn't be unreasonable IMHO.
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