I agree with Dan here. It's sweet and definitely something to look at last minute or for L+1, but let's work on getting everything else in shape first.
Regards, Cassidy James On May 20, 2012 11:22 AM, "Daniel Foré" <dan...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > Okay so here's what I like: > > We're going to have to switch WM's anyways next cycle. We get to do > basically whatever custom animations we want. We get to have anti-aliased > window borders. > > What I don't like: > > This is more new stuff to change which means continually delaying Luna > again and again. Tom already has very important projects to work on for > Luna. He's going to burn out and/or not finish any of these projects like > we've seen before when developers try to take on multiple projects. So is > this even feasible to deliver this cycle? I'm very skeptical. > > But I guarantee it won't be "equal in complexity" to deploying Compiz. > Compiz is already deployed. We can just follow upstream's implementation > for this cycle and it's done. > > What I would like to see is some prioritization. Let's concentrate on all > the items we *already have* in order to get Luna out. And once we've > knocked those out, then let's think about a last minute window manager > switch. > > Otherwise, continuing on this route, we're on track for a Winter release > of Luna (or maybe Spring?) rather than a summer release. > > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff < > ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > >> Our R&D department in the person of Tom Beckmann has found a way to >> get custom animations into Mutter. Here's the demo: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLNVa0y0ky0 >> >> Here's the code, under 100 lines: http://pastebin.com/gLhMx7m2 >> And people are already playing with it: http://ompldr.org/vZHRuZQ >> >> I strongly support this approach because it seems to be the only way >> to get decent compositing that has decent performance and doesn't make >> opening Slingshot an "I'll never do this again" experience. >> >> This looks roughly equal in complexity to deploying Compiz properly, >> except workspace handling which is questionable. This needs input from >> designers now. >> >> -- >> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff >> OS integrator @ elementary >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > Daniel Foré > > elementaryos.org > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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