Request for inclusion of compizconfig-python and ccsm into F-8

[Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail]

On 10/25/07, Kristian Høgsberg <krh at bitplanet.net> wrote:
> On 10/24/07, Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> wrote:
> > Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 01:28 +0800, Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote:
> > >> Package: compizconfig-python-0.6.0-1.fc8 , ccsm-0.6.0-3.fc8
> > >> Request description: Inclusion into Fedora 8 final
> > >>
> > >> Rationale:
> >>    Compiz Fusion has been one of the major attraction to Linux lately,
> > >> and with Ubuntu already providing CF out of the box, users will expect
> > >> other distros to have it too. There no full featured configurator for
> > >> current compiz-fusion in F-8.
> > >>
> > >> Impact not accepting:
> > >>    Users will have to use gconf-editor to configure compiz-fusion
> > >> manually. Marketing value might be affected.
> > >>
> > >> Others:
> > >>    current compiz in F-8 uses 'glib gconf' as its configuration
> > >> backend, if FedoraProject decided to use libcompizconfig as the
> > >> configuration backend, changes are needed in desktop-effects and
> > >> /usr/bin/gnome-wm to load 'ccp' plugin instead of 'glib gconf'. CCSM
> > >> requires compiz to use 'ccp' for it to function properly.
> > >
> > > +1
> > >
> >
> > Spot, did you notice that this requires changes to desktop-effects and
> > gnome-session?  It sounds like they expect it to be part of the default
> > install, not just an add-on to the compiz of today.  Is the desktop team
> > aware and in agreement with these changes?
>
> This has come up before, and while it would be nice to have a more
> capable configuration program for compiz the current libcompizconfig
> is not the right solution.  Ideally we would have a configuration
> application per desktop environment and the GNOME configurator would
> just talk to gconf directly, similarly for the KDE configurator.
>
> If somebody wants to write a settings manager that works with several
> DEs, I think the burden is on the settings manager to talk to the
> different configuration systems it wants to operate under.  Or this
> could be part of libcompizconfig, so that setting managers that want
> to be DE-agnostic can just link to this library and not worry about
> the underlying config mechanism in use.
>
> The current compiz setup is compatible with the above scheme, somebody
> just need to do the necessary libcompizconfig adjustments.


Thanks Kristian for the input ..

compizconfig-backend-gconf-0.6.0-2.fc8  has just been built in koji (i
couldnt build it before due to waiting for libcompizconfig-0.6.0-3.fc8
to get into the buildroot) .. if we include that together on F-8 , it
will be  running properly on  GNOME according to your plans right?


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