[aur-general] Compiz package naming

[Rob McCathie]

On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Rob McCathie <korrode at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Charles Bos <charlesbos1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi /dev/rs0,
>>
>> Chazza here. If you don't want to continue maintaining compiz-core-devel
>> I'd be fine with taking over.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> On 25 July 2014 17:17, /dev/rs0 <rs0 at secretco.de.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> I think it definitely makes sense to drop the 'core' name and take on the
>>> 'legacy' scheme as described.
>>>
>>> Additionally, seeing as 'compiz-core-bzr' is more actively maintained, and
>>> that 'compiz-core-devel' is basically a derivative now; I've been curious
>>> if Chazza would like to adopt the package.
>>>
>>> I occasionally receive patches from him and notice much more community
>>> involvement on the Wiki/AUR/Forums in regard to 'compiz-core-bzr'. I seem
>>> to be an unnecessary middleman for such an infrequently updated package.
>>>
>>> /dev/rs0
>>>
>>>
>>> On 07/25/2014 03:43 AM, Rob McCathie wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello AUR general & Compiz package maintainers.
>>>>
>>>> There was some discussion about Compiz packages a little while ago, i
>>>> don't think that much came of it. I'd like to re-open the discussion.
>>>>
>>>> My opinions/suggestions:
>>>>
>>>> Calling the 0.8 series "compiz" and the 0.9 series "compiz-devel" is
>>>> no longer correct, it hasn't been for quite some time.
>>>>
>>>> All information on this page:
>>>> http://www.compiz.org/
>>>> is completely wrong and out of date, like 5 years out of date, and
>>>> should not be used as a reference for anything.
>>>> Tracking of the state of Compiz should be done from here:
>>>> https://launchpad.net/compiz
>>>>
>>>> Development of the 0.8 series is as close to being dead as it could
>>>> be. Unless you count 2 tiny commits 5 months ago, nothing has been
>>>> done in 16 months, and even that 16 month old commit was a minor
>>>> change just to get it working with KDE 4.10, with the commit prior to
>>>> that being an additional 5 months back.
>>>> http://cgit.compiz.org/compiz/core/log/?h=compiz-0.8
>>>>
>>>> My suggestion is pretty simple, "compiz" becomes the 0.9 series, the
>>>> 0.8 series becomes "compiz-legacy".
>>>> Any 0.9 series packages that have "core" in their name should have it
>>>> removed, since the concept of Compiz being split up has been dropped
>>>> since the 0.9 series. The 0.9 series doesn't have a "core" component,
>>>> it's just "compiz".
>>>>
>>>> Some examples:
>>>>
>>>> martadinata666's "compiz-core" package would become "compiz-legacy-core"
>>>>
>>>> dev_rs0's "compiz-core-devel" package would become simply "compiz"
>>>>
>>>> Chazza's "compiz-core-bzr" package would become "compiz-bzr"
>>>>
>>>> flexiondotorg's "compiz-core-mate" package would become
>>>> "compiz-legacy-core-mate"
>>>>
>>>> My "compiz-gtk-standalone" package would become
>>>> "compiz-legacy-gtk-standalone"
>>>>
>>>> All the "compiz-fusion-plugins-*" packages would become
>>>> "compiz-legacy-fusion-plugins-*"
>>>>
>>>> ...and so on.
>>>>
>>>> What are everyone's thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Rob McCathie
>>>>
>>>
>
>
>
> Charles, i started setting up my new package for Manjaro and since it
> included converting the package back to using release archives and
> doing 90% of the work to make a suitable generic 'compiz' package for
> AUR, i figured i'd post it to you, maybe save you a few mins:
>
> http://www.paradoxcomputers.com.au/arch/packages/compiz-0.9.11.2-1.src.tar.gz
>
> I retained your style and patchset, the only thing i did change was
> setting cpp as a default plugin at compile time, rather than modifying
> the .desktop file... because who isn't going to use ccp? ;)
> Plus minimal users who start compiz from their xinitrc get no use from
> the .desktop file.
>
> The package is named simply "compiz". If we're going to go with the
> naming convention as discussed, Charles can simply upload this package
> (or whatever), /dev/sr0 you could just flag your package for deletion.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Rob McCathie


Sorry not deletion, get it merged after Chazza uploads.