[Compcomm] Let's Get Things Started

[Danny Baumann]

Hi,

> Ok guys, *please* calm down. It seems like we are back to square one
> in some respects (yet again). Please don't let your emotions get in
> the way of the fruitful collaboration we seemed to have. Yes, the fork
> was a bad idea and things could be done in a single project. But it
> was done and we can't undo that now. Instead we should try to do our
> best *now*.

Full ack.

> Mike, can you state what is necessary to make gitweb on compiz.org to
> work? Maybe one of the people here has the necessary skills to fix
> that and can help. I'd like to help if I can.

I just want to throw in that we already _have_ a server with git+ssh and
working gitweb, which is also a dedicated one working pretty good - it's the
one currently/previously called BerylBox. Why don't we just make
git.compiz.org point to that one?
Disclaimer: I don't care at all where a repo is hosted; but I think we
should use resources we already have.
 
> And can you guys list specifically what is left to do in terms of
> plugin patches, 

As a rough outline:
Porting the plugins is mostly done. Remainders are:
- rotate (specifically zoom-on-rotate)
- scale (text support)
- cube (transparent cube, patch pending on Compiz ML, comments welcome ;-) )
- resize (actually done; patch pending on ML, comments welcome, too - I
don't want to introduce bugs)

> core patches, 

- multiscreen stuff (Kristian is working on that)
- perspective changes for Xinerama (discussion ongoing on Compiz ML)
- copy rendering
- perhaps some minor stuff I don't remember right now

> libsettings, backends,

The backends for libbs are done. What is missing is the profile stuff and
settings import/export. Also there are no language bindings yet and Beryl
Settings Manager also needs to be ported to libbs.

> Also can you guys update
> others on who is working on what, who needs help with what, etc.?

I'm concentrating on plugin porting / cleanuing stuff as I don't understand
both rotate/cube and Python enough ;-)
I however also can prepare patches for scale to add the functionality added
in Beryl.

Regards,

Danny