2008/10/20 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 08:14:15AM -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: >> Axel Thimm wrote: >> > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 05:46:25PM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 22:08 +0300, Axel Thimm wrote: >> >>> some of the compiz plugins will not work properly unless compiz is >> >>> started with the ccp plugin instead of glib/gconf. >> >> Sounds like those plugins are broken and need fixing ? >> > >> > Honestly I have no idea, other than seeing that people on the web as >> > well as most compiz/fusion tools seem to suggest doing so. >> > >> > If it's a bug then compiz & compiz-fusion are obviouly aware about it, >> > since they provide workaround in their tools (and with compiz & >> > compiz-fusion I mean core devs & community). And if they provide two >> > workarounds, then either the bug is currently too involved to be fixed >> > in a timely manner or it is not a bug but intended behaviour. >> > >> > In either case it would be nice to have Fedora work properly out of >> > the box. If it's a bug and does get fixed one day we can go back to >> > glib/gconf instead of ccp. Is there any reason otherwise not to just >> > patch gnome-wm to use ccp now? >> > >> I think that user settings will get left behind each time you switch >> between configuration backends. That's a big negative. > > Are you sure? ccp does default to store stuff under gconf and the > settings look OK. It looks like this is intended to be shortcircuited > one day, but not yet now, as many plugins work properly through ccp > and not glib/gconf. > >> A bugzilla report against the affected plugins will get some people >> looking at whether it's a bug in the plugin or not. > > People seem to be aware, there are official workarounds and ccp seems > to have a migration policy in place. But until all plugins properly > work directly with gconf we should not break it and use the ccp > plugin. > > Anyway, it's just an observation about the user experience and how to > improve it with a little quirk. Just give a couple plugins a try and > see how they misbehave if you don't use ccp. err... what? the plugins do not care about the used configuration plugin at all ... if they do its a bug that should be fixed. which plugins are you talking about? -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
