HardyDesktopEffects
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Launchpad Entry: hardy-desktop-effects
Packages affected: compiz, compiz-core, compiz-plugins, compiz-fusion-plugins-main, compiz-fusion-plugins-extra
Summary
- Top compiz bugs
- Xorg/driver related bugs
- Compiz 0.7
- Middle-ground between desktop-effects and ccsm
- Default effects changes from feedback
- New plugins/opportunities
- Expose compiz keyboard shortcuts in UI
- Less insane compiz shortcuts
- Review compiz use of shortcuts to make consistent
- Compiz shortcuts should work after purging metacity
Release Note
Run compiz as the default compositing/window-manager on supported graphics-hardware.
Rationale
Running compiz (as default instead of metacity) is meant to be as smooth and non-intrusive as possible, while improving the visual appeal and accessability of the default desktop-setup. The user should only recognize the improved visual appeal and added usability-improvements on the desktop. There should be as little breakage as possible moving from metacity to compiz in terms of behaviour, keyboard-shortcuts and themes.
Use Cases
Assumptions
Design
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Implementation
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UI Changes
Should cover changes required to the UI, or specific UI that is required to implement this
Code Changes
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Migration
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- data migration, if any
- redirects from old URLs to new ones, if any
- how users will be pointed to the new way of doing things, if necessary.
Test/Demo Plan
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Outstanding Issues
redirected direct rendering (OpenGL-apps not working properly unter compiz, if run on system using DRI-based drivers... that means all OpenSource-drivers at the moment)
BoF agenda and discussion
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