[Compcomm] Building and using the compiz-plugins-premerge stuff

[Danny Baumann]

Hi,

> I'm also confused about the plugins situation.  The 4-17 snapshot 
> already doesn't work (I'm sure due to changes/updates in the git version 
> of compiz, but I didn't expect there to be that kind of changes so soon, 
> which I guess may be a good thing). 

First of all, I can only speak for the git version of compcomm/plugins/*
because I don't maintain the tarballs. Perhaps Mike can comment on
these.
However, all the plugins from GIT work fine on Compiz GIT here. Just
make sure you have the latest BCOP installed (that's important!) and
cleanbuild them.

> The 0.50 version worked ok but there were some plugins that worked and 
> some that didn't.  I couldn't even get some to load at all or appear in 
> gconf/compiz-settings (like tile & ring).  I did load the schemas file 
> etc in gconftool-2 but didn't change anything. 

I'd be interested in the output compiz produces when starting and
attempting to load these plugins. 

Perhaps the best idea for the moment would be to grab a GIT copy of BCOP
& the plugins and try those together with Compiz GIT.
Yeah, I know this is not too convenient, but that kind of thing will be
only temporary until we've had the chance to adjust our plugin release
cycle to Compiz' release cycle ;-)

Regards,

Danny