I have packaged compiz 0.5.1 , but I want to get more opinion about desktop-effects menu. the latest compiz now have a different configuration manager/plugin called compizconfig which is provided by libcompizconfig. Previous compiz uses glib/gconf by default. libcompizconfig usage, obsoletes the current desktop-effects implementation. I have wrote a new desktop-effects so that it will make use of compizconfig-python bindings for enabling/disabling plugins and I want some opinion about this from more experienced packager. The srpm for compiz 0.5.1 is here. the desktop-effects in this srpm is still the original desktop-effects. SRPM: http://devel.foss.org.my/~kagesenshi/repo/private/testing/compiz/compiz-0.5.1-0.7.20070708git.fc7.src.rpm The python implementation of desktop-effects is available here. Py Desktop Effects: http://devel.foss.org.my/~kagesenshi/repo/private/testing/pydesktop-effects-0.1.tar.bz2 additional dependencies for the python desktop effects compiz-bcop: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247405 libcompizconfig: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247406 compizconfig-python: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247408
I have updated compiz 0.5.1 package SRPM -> http://devel.foss.org.my/~kagesenshi/repo/private/testing/compiz/compiz-0.5.1-0.11.20070720git.fc7.src.rpm * all of previous compiz 0.3.6 patches are now merges into the code * pydesktop-effects is used by default, replacing desktop-effects for pydesktop-effects, I've uploaded it into a svn repo, http://kagesenshi-private.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pydesktop-effects/ I would really like some comments whether it is better to replace with pydesktop-effects or find a way to make desktop-effects uses libcompizconfig.so .. if the latter is chosen, someone can provide patches?
I've updated compiz to 0.5.2 now. We're going to stay with desktop-effects for now, but longer term we might move it into the gnome-appearance-properties dialog.