[Compcomm] My ideas (for the record)

[Guillaume Seguin]

2007/6/15, Robert Carr <racarr at beryl-project.org>:
> On 6/15/07, Mike Dransfield <mike at blueroot.co.uk> wrote:
> > Michael Roy wrote:
> > > If the subdomains idea is the one we use, and
> > > personally, I think it is a fantastic idea, we could
> > > even, I suppose, call it compcomm.compiz.org for now.
> > > We could create a front page with a "we need a name
> > > announcement," create some temporary artwork, with,
> > > say, a big tacky question mark image in place of an
> > > icon.
> > >
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better to describe this new project before
> > rushing into anything which will look tacky?
> >
> > I still have no idea what this project is supposed to
> > represent.  I suspect a lot of other people just assume
> > they know but there is no real reference to define it.
> >
> > Please can the people with the big ideas about the new
> > project post a message in the compiz forum explaining
> > what your new project is and what it offers that is not
> > already offered by compiz (or the community part).
> >
> > I dont think 'extra community plugins' is a valid reason
> > to create a new subproject.  It should be more defined than
> > that.
> >
> > Pretend that nobody has heard of your new project or knows
> > what its all about.  Your idea has to be defined before you can
> > add a name and create a website.  The first question people
> > will ask it 'what is it?', not 'whats it called?'
> >
> > Is it just a project to include ex-beryl plugins?  Is it to provide
> > as much eye-candy as possible?  Make Compiz easy to use?
> >
> > Once these questions are answered it will be easy to name
> > the projects, there may even be more than 1 project which is
> > needed (in order to keep their goals separate).
>
> I'm pretty sure we've clarified this time and time again. In general
> it is to help create a full composite desktop. A large part of this is
> creation of a large set of plugins for Compiz. In addition to this we
> have things like creation of the configuration system. Also we want to
> work with other projects to make this more feasible, like mine and
> Dennises recent patches to Nautilus and KDesktop to draw a transparent
> desktop and allow Compiz to paint the actual background.

And maybe other projects like kiba-dock, or avant-window-navigator?