[Compcomm] My ideas (for the record)

[Jeffrey Laramie]

On Thursday 14 June 2007 19:43, Mike Dransfield wrote:
> Robert Carr wrote:
> > On 6/14/07, Mike Dransfield <mike at blueroot.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Robert Carr wrote:
> >>> There is when an extras package implements nearly 100% of the actual
> >>> user visible functionality, and another group could create an entirely
> >>> seperate extras package with separate functionality.
> >>
> >> Are you seriously trying to say that if you disable the following
> >> plugins you will have somewhere near 50% of your original
> >> functionality left?
> >>
> >> By most people's standards, the computer would be non functional
> >> without these.
> >>
> >> png, svg, regex, place, decoration, move, resize, wobbly, cube,
> >> rotate, water, blur, scale, switcher
> >
> > As we've discussed many times these are moving to part of what you
> > call the 'extras' project as opposed to Compiz-fdo and my comment was
> > based on that assumption.
>
> I have never called anything the 'extras project' - it does not
> make sense.
>
> There was a package called compiz-extra (which I did not make)
> and there was discussion about how we could package plugins
> which complimented compiz.  Some people mistook the name
> of a simple tarball with a project, then went off and started
> creating these communities without actually thinking them
> through.

Mike, there is nothing factual in this statement whatsoever. The decision to 
create 2 divisions was discussed at length on CompizAdmin, strongly supported 
by David, and agreed to. I drafted a description that reflected the intent of 
the committee. Please stop trying to revise history to support your POV.

Jeff