On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 13:00 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 11:39 -0500, Jon Nettleton wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 11:16 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 10:18 -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2007-11-26 at 10:33 -0500, Adam Jackson wrote: > > > > > We could depend on gnome-wm instead, but that isn't likely to make > > > > > anyone happier than just requiring metacity. Or we could require miniwm > > > > > from anaconda, which isn't actually a terrible idea, but you'd have to > > > > > change the anaconda packaging first because you probably don't want to > > > > > drag in all of anaconda at runtime. > > > > > > > > Only if someone else is willing to own mini-wm :-) It has some ... > > > > "interesting" focus behaviors from time to time. With only one app > > > > running, the effect is minimized but they still pop up from time to time > > > > and lead to some fun. > > > > > > I don't have strong feelings one way or the other. If it were up to me > > > metacity would simply be non-optional for Fedora. > > > > > > But if you wanted to subpackage mini-wm and fix firstboot, I'd fix s-c-d > > > and occasionally look at the bugs for the subpackage. And I'm happy to > > > tell people that it's not a real wm. > > > > Why not use matchbox-window-manager? It is already in koji for use in > > olpc and works great for full-screen single windows. > > It seems to not exist in the F-8 or devel branches in cvs? Weird. (It > exists, there's just no specfile.) > > If we do that I'd prefer to see matchbox used in anaconda as well and > mini-wm destroyed entirely. The fewer window managers the better, and > the less code in anaconda proper the better. > That all sounds perfect to me. Matchbox-Window-Manager * for installs and standalone X apps. I also have a Fedora Tablet spin I put together for a client's Samsung Q1 that uses this ;-) Metacity * maybe with new non OpenGL composite support back in it? Compiz-Fusion *For people that like to play with their windows instead of doing work. KDE??? I have no idea. Jon -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
