On 1/31/06, Rudi Chiarito <nutello@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 09:09:18PM -0800, Miles Lane wrote: > > Are you a FC developer? Have you checked the behavior? > > I can't at the moment, as I am away from my Rawhide boxes. > > > It is unconditional. So, I should file a bug, eh? > > Okay, I found it. It's this change: > http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&file=window.c&branch=&root=/cvs/gnome&subdir=metacity/src&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&rev1=1.406&rev2=1.407 > http://tinyurl.com/amwfc > > It was partially backed out a few days later with this: > http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsview2.cgi?diff_mode=context&whitespace_mode=show&file=window.c&branch=&root=/cvs/gnome&subdir=metacity/src&command=DIFF_FRAMESET&rev1=1.412&rev2=1.413 > http://tinyurl.com/9fsgn > > The new behaviour is still there for terminals. > > > Again, I think Fedora should reject this change to Metacity. > > I know that Redhat maintains custom kernel patches. Can we > > have a Metacity that doesn't implement this nutty window management? > > This is where the author of the change explains the rationale: > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326159 > > > Does Fedora Core have any influence over the development decisions > > of the Metacity project? Are we simply at the mercy of their whims? > > I think at least a couple of Metacity developers, including the person > that started the project, are RH employees. :-) Thanks for your time in putting this info together, Rudi. Please, anyone else who dislikes this new "feature", go to the bug report and attach well-documented use cases showing that this functionality is damaging to usability! I am going to. Best wishes, Miles -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list