[aur-general] Compiz package naming

[Charles Bos]

That's great korrode. Thanks. :)

Is everyone agreed vis-a-vis the new name scheme? I only ask because a TU
seemed to have other ideas regarding Compiz package naming consistency - I
for instance was asked to rename compiz-bzr to compiz-core-bzr.




On 26 July 2014 16:39, Rob McCathie <korrode at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 is completely wrong and out of date, like 5 years out of date, and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.
>